Panovo Alimentaria, a part of Grupo Proan, is a number one Mexican bakery producer producing snack truffles and frozen baked items across the clock. With greater than 1,000 workers and a number of manufacturing traces, Panovo was working right into a problem frequent throughout meals manufacturing: guide palletizing was holding them again.
Operators have been required to stack packing containers as much as 2.5 meters (98 in) excessive — a bodily exhausting activity that induced fatigue, excessive turnover, and ergonomic dangers, particularly throughout in a single day shifts. Guide stacking additionally created inconsistent pallet high quality and strained logistics. And since Panovo’s services supplied restricted flooring house, giant retrofitted tools merely wasn’t an possibility.
“We had a giant want to scale back operator fatigue within the packaging space, particularly for palletizing. We required a low-cost, small-footprint answer as a result of our house is proscribed and retrofitting large machines is tough.”
— Juan Barba, Mission Engineer, Panovo Alimentaria
Aa collaborative strategy to palletizing
Panovo partnered with Robotiq and native integrator HTL to implement 5 collaborative robotic palletizing cells throughout its manufacturing traces. The mannequin that match finest was Robotiq’s AX10 Palletizer, able to stacking pallets as much as 2,750 mm (108 in) excessive, even in low-temperature environments.
Key to the success was the user-friendly interface, which helped operators shortly adapt to the brand new system. With assist and coaching from Robotiq and HTL, the transition was clean and worker buy-in was speedy.
“The robots didn’t threaten our staff. Quite the opposite, they have been amazed — and desirous to be taught.”
— Víctor Antimo, Operations Supervisor, Planta Vualá
Outcomes that stack up
The impression was felt on each the store flooring and in logistics:
- Improved operator well-being: Employees now not endure the pressure of stacking heavy packing containers overhead, decreasing ergonomic dangers and making a safer, extra snug work atmosphere.
- Higher retention: Staff embraced automation, boosting job satisfaction and reducing turnover.
- Constant high quality: Robotic palletizing delivered dependable, uniform pallets that streamlined logistics.
- Flexibility for the long run: The system simply handles a number of product codecs and adapts to Panovo’s evolving wants.
Panovo is already planning to develop automated palletizing throughout extra traces.
Lean Palletizing in motion
Panovo’s journey exhibits how collaborative automation frees human palms from repetitive duties whereas making manufacturing extra dependable. By selecting Robotiq Palletizers, Panovo not solely diminished harm danger and turnover, but in addition set itself up for scalable, long-term success.
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