Robot is tooled up for palletising duties

Kuka Robotics Corp has been selected by Dyco as its robotics supplier for its new robotic bulk palletiser system.

Kuka Robotics Corp has been selected by Dyco as its robotics supplier for its new robotic bulk palletiser system.

Dyco, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, will use the Kuka KR 180 PA palletising robot fitted with a patented head tooling in its robotic bulk palletising system which will give manufacturers the flexibility to palletise multiple empty plastic bottles and bottle configurations with minimal downtime between change over.

"Dyco's new system using our robot will allow manufacturers to increase production and efficiency by palletising multiple containers delivered on a single line or multiple lines", said Kevin Kozuszek, Director of Marketing for Kuka Robotics Corp.

"This flexibility will also reduce labour costs by freeing employees for more complex tasks and moving to robotic palletising over manual methods will increase manufacturers' palletising reliability".

"We believe the Kuka robot was the best choice for this palletising cell as its reliability, durability and speed qualities are exceptional", said Matt Synder, Sales and Marketing Manager for Dyco.

The new system is designed to palletise empty plastic containers.

The robot, fitted with Dyco's patented end-of-arm tool, picks up one, two or multiple rows of bottles that are delivered to it by a single or multiple conveyors.

Using a preprogrammed central control system located outside of the cell the operator can easily choose different bottles, stack heights and palletising configurations.

The Kuka KR 180 PA is a four-axis robot with a 3200mm reach and capable of handling up to a 180kg payload.

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