Automation In Food Processing Industry Palletizing Robot KUKA KR60-3 

The food processing industry continuously seeks innovative solutions to boost efficiency, ensure product quality, and maintain stringent hygiene standards. Automation, particularly through advanced robotic palletizing, plays a pivotal role in meeting these demands. The KUKA KR60-3 industrial robot stands out as a proven solution for handling demanding tasks like palletizing, depalletizing, and material handling within food production and logistics.

The KR60-3 is well-suited for various stages of the food processing and packaging line, particularly in palletizing and depalletizing .

End-of-Line Palletizing: The robot can efficiently stack packaged food products—such as boxes, bags, or containers—onto pallets for shipment. Its high payload allows it to handle heavier loads, making it ideal for dense products like bags of flour or canned goods .

Bulk Food Handling: In sectors like agriculture, the robot can palletize bulk items, such as stacking egg trays. KUKA robots are known for their gentle handling of fragile products, ensuring minimal breakage .

Raw Material Depalletizing: The robot can also unload incoming raw materials or empty containers from pallets, feeding them into the production process .

Advantages of Using the KR60-3 in Food Processing

Integrating the KUKA KR60-3 into a food processing facility offers several key advantages:

1. Unmatched Efficiency and Productivity

High Speed and Precision: The robot's high axis speeds (e.g., Axis 6 at 322°/s) and exceptional repeatability (±0.06 mm) enable fast and accurate palletizing cycles, significantly increasing throughput compared to manual labor .

Continuous Operation: Unlike human workers, the robot can operate 24/7, performing repetitive and physically taxing tasks without fatigue. This leads to a substantial increase in overall productivity .

2. Enhanced Hygiene and Food Safety

While the standard KR60-3 can be used in food environments, KUKA offers specialized hygienic robot models (e.g., with Hygienic Machine (HM) or Hygienic Oil (HO) specifications) for direct food contact zones. These feature stainless steel construction, FDA-approved materials, and food-grade lubricants to prevent contamination . This design makes them easy to clean and disinfect, which is crucial for complying with stringent food safety regulations .

3. Superior ROI and Cost Savings

Reduced Labor Costs: Automation mitigates the challenges of labor shortages and reduces reliance on manual labor for strenuous palletizing work .

Minimized Product Damage: The robot's precise and consistent handling minimizes product loss due to damage, which is especially critical for fragile items like eggs or packaged goods .

Low Maintenance: Designed for longevity with an average service life of up to 15 years and maintenance intervals of 10,000 operating hours, the KR60-3 ensures low lifetime costs .

4. Flexibility and Space Optimization

The 6-axis design allows the robot to perform complex movements and access tight spaces. Its ability to be mounted on the floor, ceiling, or wall provides significant flexibility for optimizing floor space in crowded production areas .

Integrating the KR60-3 into Your Automation Line

A complete palletizing cell involves more than just the robot. Effective integration is key to unlocking its full potential.

Control System: The KUKA KR C4 controller is the brain of the operation. It integrates safety control, robot control, logic control, and motion control into a single, efficient platform, simplifying setup and diagnostics .

Specialized End-Effectors: The robot is equipped with custom grippers or vacuum systems designed to handle specific food products gently and securely without causing damage .

Software Suite: KUKA offers powerful software to streamline integration and operation:

KUKA.PalletTech: This software allows for simple configuration and programming of complex palletizing patterns with different package types and stacking sequences .

KUKA.ConveyorTech: This software synchronizes the robot's movements with the conveyor belt's speed, ensuring smooth and accurate product pickup and placement .

Features:

• Product Name: Industrial Robot Cell
• Footprint: 850mm X 950mm
• Axes: 6axis
• Repeatability: 0.06mm
• Warranty: 1 Year
• Protection Rating: IP65

This Industrial Robot Cell is designed for robotic manufacturing and is ideal for the use of robotics in manufacturing . With its 6axis movement and high repeatability of 0.06mm, it is a reliable and precise tool in the industrial robot industry . It also comes with a 1-year warranty and an IP65 protection rating, ensuring that it can withstand harsh manufacturing environments.

Technical Parameters:

Applications:

The KUKA KR60-3 palletizing robot cell can be mounted on the floor or ceiling, making it versatile and adaptable to different production lines. It has a palletizing efficiency of 700 times per hour (single line operation grab bag) and 500 times per hour (single line operation), making it suitable for high-volume production environments.

For easy installation, the KUKA KR60-3 palletizing robot cell comes with 3d models, foundation and flange dimensions supplied, and a training video provided. In addition, free consultation and prompt after-sales service are available to help customers get the most out of their investment.

The KUKA KR60-3 palletizing robot cell also has a well-stocked robot spare parts stockroom, ensuring that any necessary repairs can be made quickly and with minimal downtime. Robot training is also available to help operators get up to speed quickly and operate the machine efficiently.

Overall, the KUKA KR60-3 palletizing robot cell is a great choice for businesses looking to improve their production efficiency. With a 1-year warranty and original packaging, customers can be confident in their purchase and enjoy peace of mind. Contact us today to learn more about this top-of-the-line industrial robot cell.

Support and Services:

The Industrial Robot Cell product technical support and services include:

- Installation and commissioning of the robot cell

- Training for operators and maintenance personnel

- Troubleshooting and diagnosis of technical issues

- Regular preventive maintenance to ensure optimal performance

- Upgrades and retrofits to improve functionality and extend lifespan

- 24/7 technical support for urgent issues

Packing and Shipping:

Product Packaging:

The Industrial Robot Cell product will be packaged securely in a wooden crate to ensure safe transportation. All components and accessories will be carefully arranged and wrapped with protective materials to prevent any damage during shipping.

Shipping:

We offer worldwide shipping for the Industrial Robot Cell product. The shipping cost will be calculated based on the destination, weight, and dimensions of the crate. Shipping time will depend on the destination and shipping method chosen. We will provide a tracking number once the product has been shipped.

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*Q:Why are we?

A:Our company works robot industry over fifteen years. Programming robot inclusive KUKA ,ABB,YASKAWA,FANUC,ESTUN(Chinese ROBOT ),EFORT(Chinese robot). the business involved simulation,programming,service after warranty period.

*Q:How about our service concept?

A:We keep on phone open all day. Stand in customer view to provide rationalization solution and robot selection.

*Q:What products can we offer?

A:robot, energy supply for robot, linear for robot. Training for robot. Gripper for handling.

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A:You don’t worry about after-sales problem to cooperation with us.

About us

Companies in the "customer first, quality first, the user first" purpose, we will as always Warm and sincere service for all users, friends and customers, create brilliant tomorrow. Our main customers are Baosteel, INO,Volkswagen,Geely and so on. Over fifteen years experience in the robot industry. Our engineers can design solution,simulation,program and troubleshooting. So if you have any issue of robot. Call us any time. We will try our best to solve the problem. The other advantage is after-sales service,we have robot spare parts in stockroom. We can response promptly to help you resolve robot fault. We also have robot training. The course include programming, electric, mechanic and expert programming. So welcome to join our college.