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Keywords Robotics, Food industry, Confectionery
Swiss chocolate manufacturer, Chocolat Frey, is benefiting from an investment in a high-speed robotic line that copes with 40 different packaging formats every day. The new Sigpack Systems line, which consists of eight Delta Robots, has reduced manual handling at Chocolat Prey's Buchs factory by placing chocolates into blister packs and blister packs into cartons.
To further improve its product quality and productivity as well as reduce manual handling, Chocolate Frey turned to fellow Swiss company and packaging expert, Sigpack Systems for a new robotic line. Having already successfully used Sigpack Systems' packaging robots, Chocolat Frey was confident in its order of the line. Now in operation, the line fills plastic trays with chocolates and accommodates 40 different packaging formats every day (Plate 5).
The new robotic line...