Articles Tagged with ''robotics''

Robots learn to build efficiency

Robotics sales on the rise as more companies realize their benefits
Jennifer Storelli
October 16, 2013

Just like Rosie the robot maid from the 1960s cartoon “The Jetsons” helped the Jetson family with the housework and sometimes the parenting to ease the pressures of home life, robots in the beverage industry are helping to make industrial life a bit easier.


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Investing in a well-packed future

Case packers and wrappers address industry demands
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
April 30, 2012
According to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), companies continue to make capital investments in packaging machinery. Shipments for packaging machinery in the United States increased 12 percent in 2010 compared to 2009, bringing shipment totals to $5.5 billion versus $4.9 billion the prior year, according to a PMMI report released in November.
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Robotic equipment forges a new future

Automation provides reliable, flexible machinery
Jennifer Zegler
October 12, 2011
The concept of robotic aids have gone beyond Rosie the maid in the cartoon series “The Jetsons” and been embraced by modern households in everyday solutions, such as the Roomba brand of automated vacuums. For beverage-makers and distributors, robotic solutions have come to embody reliable, flexible and safer options for their operations. Within the industry, installation of robotic equipment continues to grow with new applications for manufacturing and distribution, experts say.
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Fitting in with the demands of the line

High speeds, lighter packages challenge palletizing equipment
Jennifer Zegler
July 11, 2011

Cause and effect situations are prevalent on product lines in beverage manufacturing plants. Just as a jam upstream can cause proliferation of product downstream, palletizing equipment has been affected by industry trends toward higher line speeds and lighter packages, which has influenced new advancements.


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