In order to demonstrate the functionality of the finished cell
to its customer before installation, ABB used its RobotStudio
software to simulate the complete solution, including the cycle
times of the robot activities. In this way, automation solutions
can be quickly integrated into the running operation.
To meet Nestlé's requirements, ABB's engineering team worked
closely with the company to develop a robotic palletising
cell tailored to the exact on-site conditions.
IDM ¦ Packaging
Simulation of cell designs shortens
implementation
To demonstrate to its customer how the finished cell
would work before installation, ABB used its RobotStudio
software to simulate the complete solution, including
the cycle times of the robot activities. RobotStudio
is a virtual environment for programming and simulating
complete robot installations. This is made possible
by the virtual controller, a copy of the original robot
software including the configurations used in real production.
Using digital twins of the respective production
cells, RobotStudio allows cell designs to be created
and tested offline without having to interrupt ongoing
operations. This significantly shortens the project time
and helps to optimize the cell design before building
the physical counterpart. With the help of RobotStudio,
the project partners ABB and Nestlé were able to speed
up the implementation and avoided any failures that
might occur in the start-up process.
The new installation has been so successful that it
has now been installed in three other Nestlé factories
in Brazil, with 13 palletizing cells already in operation
and further installations and commissioning underway.
Key to the flexible manufacturing
of the future
Whether it's chocolate bars or yoghurt: both in confectionery
production and in the dairy industry, there
are process steps in which human and machine work
side by side. That is where particularly high safety requirements
come in. And it is precisely here that there
are big opportunities for greater efficiency, both in
terms of process speed and in the optimal utilization
of the available production space. The combination of
safe human-robot collaboration and a digital cell design
brings advantages wherever food manufacturers
need to respond to consumer trends by adapting their
capacities quickly and efficiently. The end-to-end automation
of manufacturing and logistics processes makes
it easier to meet the demands for variety, freshness as
well as just-in-time delivery of their products in a safe
and future-proof way.
SACCO SYSTEM
Kemikalia is now Sacco System Nordic
Sacco System has renamed ist Scandinavian subsidiary Kemikalia
in Sacco System Nordic AB. Kemikalia, now Sacco System
Nordic, was established as a private company back in
1914 in Malmö. Starting from the first of May 2022, after 108
years of activity, Kemikalia will change its name to Sacco System
Nordic AB, and thus officially become a full subsidiary of
Sacco System for the nordic countries.
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