Panovo Alimentaria, a part of Grupo Proan, is a number one Mexican bakery producer producing snack muffins and frozen baked items across the clock. With greater than 1,000 workers and a number of manufacturing strains, Panovo was operating right into a problem widespread throughout meals manufacturing: handbook palletizing was holding them again.
Operators have been required to stack bins as much as 2.5 meters (98 in) excessive — a bodily exhausting job that brought on fatigue, excessive turnover, and ergonomic dangers, particularly throughout in a single day shifts. Handbook stacking additionally created inconsistent pallet high quality and strained logistics. And since Panovo’s amenities provided restricted ground house, massive retrofitted gear merely wasn’t an possibility.
“We had an enormous want to cut back operator fatigue within the packaging space, particularly for palletizing. We required a low-cost, small-footprint resolution as a result of our house is restricted and retrofitting massive machines is troublesome.”
— Juan Barba, Mission Engineer, Panovo Alimentaria
Aa collaborative method to palletizing
Panovo partnered with Robotiq and native integrator HTL to implement 5 collaborative robotic palletizing cells throughout its manufacturing strains. 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 rapidly adapt to the brand new system. With help and coaching from Robotiq and HTL, the transition was clean and worker buy-in was rapid.
“The robots didn’t threaten our employees. Quite the opposite, they have been amazed — and wanting to study.”
— Víctor Antimo, Operations Supervisor, Planta Vualá
Outcomes that stack up
The affect was felt on each the store ground and in logistics:
- Improved operator well-being: Staff not endure the pressure of stacking heavy bins overhead, lowering ergonomic dangers and making a safer, extra comfy work atmosphere.
- Higher retention: Workers embraced automation, boosting job satisfaction and reducing turnover.
- Constant high quality: Robotic palletizing delivered dependable, uniform pallets that streamlined logistics.
- Flexibility for the longer term: 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 strains.
Lean Palletizing in motion
Panovo’s journey reveals how collaborative automation frees human fingers from repetitive duties whereas making manufacturing extra dependable. By selecting Robotiq Palletizers, Panovo not solely lowered damage threat and turnover, but additionally set itself up for scalable, long-term success.
To study extra about Panovo’s success story, try the full case research or watch the on-demand webinar!
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