Sinterpack

SINTERPACK has important references in box filling for blisters, as well as in the subsequent transport, handling and palletising of boxes according to the required palletising patterns.

The possibility of collaboration between humans and robots in a shared work space, without safety fencing or protection barriers of any kind, opens a challenging new work field, with uncountable opportunities and concepts for industry and production.
The collaborative robotics introduces four different safety basic principles in the human-robot collaboration relationship, described below:
1. Learning by manual guidance
The movements to be made by each section of the robotic arm are taught by the operator through physical guidance
2. Distance and speed monitoring
The robot predicts a collision with the operator by monitoring their speed and the distance of separation.
3. Monitored stop oriented to safety
Robots are programmed to stop or reduce their speed autonomously when the worker accesses the common area of work and continues to work once the worker has left the area.
4. Limitation of output and power
The contact pressure between the operator and the robot is technically reduced to an acceptable level.
The legal situation allows human-robot collaboration within certain limits. In any case, considering that, depending on the application, different elements might introduce different risks, systems with cobots require a risk evaluation and their corresponding certification of the complete system safety, provided by an accredited institution.
Our innovative nature has led us to develop, using this technology, our SPCC (Sinterpack’s Palletising Collaborative Cell), which was launched in May 2017.
The SPCC is equipped with a UR10 arm, of 10kg maximum load capacity, and a collaborative gripper with a suction pad, specifically designed by SINTERPACK for this application, weighing 1.5kg, which leaves a nominal load capacity of 8.5kg. It includes a double belt conveyor, for boxes dosage, at the entrance of the cell.
The footprint of the equipment is of 2.2 by 2.4 meters and its output reaches 7.5 cycles per minute in collaborative conditions.

In the area of electric household appliances, SINTERPACK has developed and set up a cell, with a single robot, for the handling and palletising of induction hobs, capable to work simultaneously with 8 palletising stations. The system receives all the different products through the same entrance and separates the different references placing them in their corresponding station and delivering the finished pallets to the wrapping line.

The anthropomorphic robots for palletising applications pose an excellent solution for all kind of stacking patterns. Thanks to their flexibility, it is possible to use these equipments serving several concurrent lines with different patterns and products. The products can be identified and palletised in different stations through innovative technical solutions.
The design and materials of the grippers are very important because, by decreasing the mechanical resistance, the number of cycles of the robotised arm can be optimized, including the positioning of empty pallets or the placement of interlayers for the stabilisation of the load.

SINTERPACK has several references in handling, placing in trays or carton cases and palletising of PET containers.

When circumstances like room constraints or number of references require it, a robot mounted on a track motion system may be the best solution, ensuring reliable and effective utilisation of the robot’s capacity and maximizing the value of the automation investment. SINTERPACK has successfully developed some proposals using this system.
For the automotive sector, one of the most automated sectors in the industry, SINTERPACK has integrated, for example, a system for robotic palletising of coils, mounted on a track motion system, capable to simultaneously work with 28 palletising stations. The system respects the most stringent quality requirements and handles cable coils without touching the product. It is integrated in turn in the plant production IT system.