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Packaging World
August 2023
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Robotics
Robots 2023: Smarter, More Adaptable & More Robust
This year’s crop of new robotic equipment and software leans into AI technology, as well as higher payloads, greater flexibility, and increased ease of programming and handling to alleviate the challenges faced by packagers as a result of the labor crisis
August 4, 2023
Robotics
Robotic Pill Fulfillment Modules at the VA Get a Retrofit
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs calls in help to redesign a robotics system for automating its prescription fulfillment processes, after its first failed attempt.
August 4, 2023
Robotics
Automation Keeps Kegs Moving at Yuengling
America’s oldest brewery continues a long tradition of using packaging robotics for keg handling, installing two new 6-axis robots that depalletize/palletize kegs at 400/hr.
August 4, 2023
Robotics
Robotic Case Packer Handles Split-Cup Petfood Packs
Petfood co-packer Simmons Foods selects a robotic case-packing system capable of accurately placing varying product shapes, including a split-cup design, into custom shelf-ready trays and cases.
August 4, 2023
Sustainability
Refill System Set to ‘De-plastic’ OTC, Pharma Packaging
Startup Cabinet Health offers reusable packaging and a refill system for the healthcare market that it says has the potential to transform the industry.
August 4, 2023
Robotics
Cobot Deployment Software Results in 90% Time Savings
D:PLOY is an automated platform for building, running, monitoring, and redeploying cobot applications on the factory floor with zero programming or simulation needed.
August 4, 2023
Business Intelligence
Bottled Water Continues to Make a Splash
Bottled water’s total volume sold in 2022 was 15.9 billion gal, its highest volume ever, surpassing carbonated soft drinks for the seventh year in a row.
August 4, 2023
Package Design
Big Beer Brands Embrace Heritage and Provenance
Three big beer brands employ packaging designs that capitalize on those characteristics drawing millennials to craft beer brands—authenticity, flavor, and history—to bring them into the fold.
August 4, 2023
Robotics
Autonomous Mobile Robots Roll into Packaging Operations
To keep up with packagers’ increased interest in mobile robots, in the last couple of years, more packaging robotics-focused OEMs have entered the market.
August 4, 2023
Robotics
EOAT Innovation Includes Modularity, Intelligence & Flexibility
With recent advancements in technology, the ability of packaging robotics end-of-arm tooling to perform different tasks based on programmed instructions has advanced significantly.
August 4, 2023
Robotics
E-comm Complexity Spurs Smart Robot Systems
Advanced robotics systems provide the ability to handle the different packaging and product shapes, sizes, and materials associated with e-commerce environments.
August 4, 2023
Robotics
Heavy-Payload Cobots Take on Palletizing
A range of higher-payload, longer-reach ‘industrial cobots’ introduced over the last two years are accelerating the use of collaborative robots in secondary packaging applications.
August 4, 2023
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