The System
The system comprised 50 loose plastic pucks that are recirculated on a stainless steel race track conveyor. An operator receives cabbages from a supply conveyor and places them on one of the pucks. The puck travels across a Bizerba check weigher where the weight defines a choice of one of two labels or unlabelled. As the puck exits the labeller it travels through a 180-degree bend and under a barcode scanner which identifies a lane selection of one, two or three. The cabbage is then tracked along an encoder until it reaches a pneumatic divert arm which pushes the cabbage onto the relevant receiving table. The empty puck then recirculates through another 180-degree bend to the start of the process.
As a result of automating the system the customer now enjoys a higher throughput of between 60 and 80 cabbages per minute with a reduction in labour required and all in a 3 meter by 9 meter footprint delivering time savings critical in the fresh food industry.
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