Customer: OOO NVK Niagara
Developer: NPP Metra, MetraRobotics Division
Industry: Production of drinking water
Robotic complex for palletization of products based on the KUKA KR 240 R2500 PRIME industrial robot
Project Objective:
- Replacement of men in palletizing of 19-litres bottles of water to metallic or plastic pallet. Increase of productivity in water palletizing.
Project Tasks:
- Transportation of 19-litres bottles to the point of loadingPlacement of 19-litres bottles to plastic and metallic bottlers with a cycle of 24 bottles per minuteFeed of empty pallets and removal of filled ones
Results:
- New customers with higher requirements to product foundReduction of manufacturing costsOptimization of personnelReduction of defects
Increased level of blank production
Increased level of repeatability of product and processes
Equipment
Robotic complex is designed as a modern production line with 24/7 capacity. The basic element is a weigh-lifting industrial robot KUKA KR240 R2500 Prime with the special design of grippers for 4* 19-litres bottles.
Feed of bottles to robot, formation of a 4 bottles line for different pallets are automatic. An industrial robot puts every 4 bottles to a cell of pallet. Feed of empty pallets and removal of filled ones is automatically done with the transport system. The complex is equipped with a safety system, that prevents an unauthorized access to the area inside the fence.
As a result NPP Itelma opened up the possibility of reaching new customers with higher requirements for the manufacture of products, as well as optimizing personnel costs.
‘MetraRobotics specialists coped with the task and achieved the goal. The company carried out the transfer of 10 employees from monotonous work to other operations, eliminating errors caused by “human factor”. Thanks to the work done, all shipped products are now flawlessly packaged and meet the highest standards.
MetraRobotics division of NPP Metra, along with foreign suppliers, has developed its own solution.
A careful approach to details, taking into account the Customer’s requirements for design, quality, functionality, as well as competence in the field of automated testing, allowed MetraRobotics to develop an optimal solution and leave aside the ideas of foreign colleagues.
Dmitry Miroshnik