Depalletizing and palletizing of banana cartons – KUKA Robot KR 160 PA
At the banana ripening facility of Coop Schweiz, crates of bananas are restacked before being shipped. The company also inspects the quality of the fruit at this time, and ensures that they are shipped exclusively on europallets. Weighing and attaching prices to the bananas was previously also carried out here, but since this is now done at the point of sale, an opportunity existed to automate the main tasks which remained. A special requirement is that the fruit must be handled with great care. Thus the crates with the delicate bananas have to be picked up and put down gently, without being tilted or tipped over. Moreover, the automation equipment has to be able to pick up boxes which were pressed together or became tilted during sea transport. (R 162)
