Piab introduces gripper for automated handling of six-packs

After various discussions with customers from plant engineering and the beverage industry, it was clear to automation solution provider Piab’s experts that a gripper for the simple automatic handling of six-packs with cardboard packaging was needed. Because this is how beer and beer-based mixed drinks are offered and must be packaged and palletized accordingly by the beverage industry. The difficulty with the automation of this process step has been that mechanical grippers cannot pick up the bottles from the top of the bottle caps. These are usually sealed with a banderole made of aluminum or paper, which would be damaged. At the same time, the cardboard is fragile and unstable and must be handled with care. The gripper should also not leave any marks on the cardboard box to avoid an impression of the packaging being damaged. The gripper for automated handling of six packs The vacuum specialists from Piab, headed by Bernd Gries manager Global S-Accounts, developed a special gripper with rectangular suction cups. The rectangular suction cups take up the six-pack in only…

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