With a growing number of products in the marketplace and an evolving retail landscape, beverage warehouses are faced with a lot of work and a minimal amount of time and manpower to do it. As robotic technology becomes more accessible, it’s helping many manufacturers achieve their operations goals.
“Robotics in the beverage industry made initial inroads in the palletizing space and continue to be a viable technology for many of these types of applications,” says Matt Wicks, vice president of product development and manufacturing systems at Intelligrated, Mason, Ohio. “We’re seeing that robotic technology has migrated to and merged with more ‘conventional’ palletizing machines to yield improved performance in case handling and machine rates.”