To increase the speed and efficiency of a coffee stacking line, one of the largest snack foods manufacturers in the world has chosen a KUKA robotic palletiser, from Linkx Systems. Key factors that influenced their decision were the machine's robust yet streamlined design and flexibility in handling two size of pallets. Linkx's expertise was called upon for the integration of the palletiser robot at a plant where 100 million jars of instant coffee are produced a year. The aim was to improve the automation for stacking shrink-wrapped coffee doy packs. The KR120 robot has a maximum . reach of 2496 mm and weighs 1049 kg that enables it to effortlessly stack payloads of 120 kg.
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