Well known for its Packman 2 & 3 Axis Robots usually used for picking and placing food and pharmaceutical products into cartons or trays.  Tekpak has combined its Robotic Technology with its expertise in Flow Wrapping and automatic product distribution.

 

Tekpak's latest development was achieved in response to the requirements of a multi-national pharmaceutical & baby nutrition company who wanted to ensure that all components of its Infant Nutritional foods are produced in the most hygienic and efficient way possible.

 

Measuring scoops which are included with the packs of milk powder are now flow wrapped by Tekpak's system and then Robotically transferred from the injection moulding machine to the Flow wrapper and wrapped within seconds of being produced to ensure the highest standards of hygiene and efficiency.  Both the Flow wrapper and the handling Robot have been designed and manufactured in Tekpaks factory in Wexford.

 

The complete systems is controlled by an integrated logic and motion controller which controls the operation of the eight servo motors (4 in the Flow wrapper, 4 into the Robot feeding system).  The control philosophy is based on the latest Bosch Rexroth Sercos III high speed networking standard and there is an intuitive color touch screen which reports any errors and allows the operator to manage the whole line from one point.

 

"The Robotic Feeding unit has been developed as a standard module which can be easily and quickly adapted for use in feeding a wide variety of products to either our own Flow wrappers or to customers existing machines" points out John Kehoe, Managing Director.  The unit has many other applications apart from feeding components from injection moulding machines and is particularly suitable for bakery, confectionary, cakes, biscuits etc.