Cama North America, Buffalo Grove, IL, offers cartoning, case packing, tray packing and robotic loading systems that are used for products such as bars, cookies, crackers, baking mixes, and pastries in a variety of packaging formats, such as bags, packets, flow wraps, trays, cases, cartons, and rigid containers.
“Our robotic systems help automate the packaging of a variety of packs,” says Billy Goodman, managing director, who notes that Cama manufactures Delta-style robots with carbon fiber arms, which are suitable for fast, smart product handling. “The Triaflex robot, for example, can be equipped with an integral vision system. The robot can sort and pick loose products on a production line and position them into a container or onto a conveyor in a preset pattern.”
Looking ahead, Cama North America will continue to advance its Industry 4.0 technology, which includes an Augmented Reality Machine Assistant, to help maximize operator efficiency and reduce production downtime. Goodman says Industry 4.0 is an important tool that will help operators of secondary packaging equipment improve their skills and increase production.