Marel launched a new robotic system for IPL
Marel has been one of the pioneers of intelligent portion loading systems in the food industry, and…
Marel has been one of the pioneers of intelligent portion loading systems in the food industry, and the company’s new high-performance IPL robot can be configured to virtually any application in the protein sector.
While it can be used in a wide variety of different food processing applications, its use in the red meat industry would be primarily in applications like placing portioned meat or other items into a tray or thermo-former for packaging.
Some of the robot’s features include:
Straightforward, easy-to-use controls, based on a universal graphical user-interface developed by Marel
Customer installations can be accessed remotely, enabling fault diagnosis and performance monitoring without the need for a plant visit
Pick-and-place speeds of up to 80 picks-per-minute, per-head, are achievable, with a portion reach of up to 1.25 metres.
Using Marel’s gripper technology, virtually any product, however delicate, can be lifted and placed, at high speed, into a tray or thermoformer in a wide variety of configurations.
The IPL robot’s vision system can recognise product characteristics such as size or shape, and can be programmed to place or divert product according to a set of pre-programmed specifications.
Marel’s robotics product manager Richard Sawford said the company’s research and long experience in high-speed slicing, portioning and portion-loading systems had identified the need for development of a high-performing, competitively-priced robot that was simple to operate and maintain.
He suggested the robot unit could deliver a rapid return on investment, in many processing applications.
