Today’s packaging robots are even more sophisticated than in previous years. The new designs, features and technology behind these systems help to increase speed and throughput and work to decrease downtime. The segment is growing (both in market saturation and sophistication) as packagers see more and more value in robots. Packagers consider robots for a variety of reasons to streamline packaging processes.
“Speed and flexibility are playing a larger role in that packagers are faced with producing a greater number of package designs at faster production rates to meet consumer demand,” says Dean Elkins, senior general manager, Yaskawa Motoman.