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摘要

Find out how industrial robots equipped with robust rubber grippers are improving the process for handling bottles at high speeds. Bottling is an important stage in many manufacturing processes where liquid products are packaged as part of the final stage of production, for example in the brewing, distilling and beverage industries. The patented AirGrip bottle gripping tool and Motoman robots developed by Yaskawa features a combination of industrial robots equipped with patented robust rubber grippers which are designed for safe handling of bottles at very high speeds without damaging the screw caps. For example, in one bottling application for a major soft drink manufacturer 1.5 litre PET bottles are being handled at a rate of 47,000 bottles per hour. Sites where the system has improved the efficiency of the bottling process include a number of major European breweries in Sweden and Norway.