Food industry is ideal for industrial robot adoption

A new PMMI report finds that manufacturers are increasingly using robots as costs have come down and the performance and dexterity of robotics have improved.

The labor-intensive nature of the food and beverage industry creates ideal opportunities for industrial robot adoption.
The labor-intensive nature of the food and beverage industry creates ideal opportunities for industrial robot adoption.

 

The market for industrial robots continues to grow rapidly as new uses and opportunities supplement existing applications. While the majority of industrial robot deployments have been articulated robots used in the automotive industry, usage has grown in the food and beverage industry, according to Industrial Robot Opportunities in Food and Beverage Processing, an industry report from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. 

The report states that usage has accelerated as costs have lowered, while performance and dexterity of robotics have improved. Within the food and beverage industry, robots have previously been limited to tertiary and some secondary packaging tasks, such as palletizing, because some have not met the standards for direct food contact. However, suppliers are increasingly developing robots suitable for handling unpacked goods and subsequent washdowns. 

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