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Tyson Opens New Food Production Facility to Meet Growing Bacon Demand
The 400,000-sq-ft plant in Kentucky will incorporate robotics, driverless forklifts, and AGVs to produce an expected 2 million lb of bacon per week.
January 25, 2024
Tyson Foods Automated Production
Robotics
Humanoid Robots and the AI That Drives Them
A look at the powerful AI behind the robot that allows it to move, think, and act like us.
November 30, 2023
Humanoid robots, also referred to as general-purpose robots, use AI to perform the tasks they’re given to do.
Robotics
Robots Help Meal Kit Company Keep Pace With Ambitious Production Goals
E-commerce giant Intelligent Foods utilizes the CR3 system from Chef Robotics to increase accuracy, speed, and volume on the line while saving labor.
November 27, 2023
Meal Kits DTC e-commerce Sunbasket
Robotics
Are Humanoid Robots the Processing and Packaging Labor Force of The Future?
With advanced AI software, dexterous “hands,” and full body mobility, will humanoid robots be the answer to the shortage of labor on the packaging line?
November 16, 2023
Humanoid Robot Apollo Box Conveyor
Robotics
Boichik Bagels Builds Up Business With Help From a Cobot
Apex Motion Control’s Baker-Bot does the heavy end-of-line lifting for Boichik Bagels, saving labor while increasing efficiency.
August 10, 2023
Bagel Robot Boichik
Robotics
Kuka Robotics Rolls Out Labor-Saving Print-A-Drink Application at Automate 2023
Company debuts what it calls the world’s first 3D printing technology for drinkable liquids, expanding the category of additive manufacturing.
May 26, 2023
3D Printed Cocktail Kuka Print-a-Drink
Robotics
How Robotics as a Service (RaaS) Can Be a Cost-Effective Option for Processors
Manufacturers in a budget bind can potentially alleviate labor woes by incorporating RaaS into their business model.
April 7, 2023
Robotics as a Service Seminar Snaxpo RaaS
Robotics
GreenSeed Contract Packaging Increases Line Efficiency Through Automation
A pay-by-the-hour robot model has mitigated the effects of labor shortages and provided scalability for the contract manufacturer.
March 28, 2023
Formic palletizer in the GreenSeed facility.
Automation
Automation Advice for Food and Beverage Manufacturing
With 30 years of experience in automation and system integration, CRB’s Jerry Steenhoek reflects on where the industry stands and the best ways to move further into the automation realm.
March 22, 2023
Jerry Steenhoek, senior director of automation technology, CRB
Robotics
Robots Stand Out in an Automated Future
Robot technology is on the rise for CPGs, and related technologies like collaborative robots are carving out their own corner of the market.
March 20, 2023
CPGs are finding benefits to robot-related technologies like collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots.
Robotics
White Castle's Robotic Path to Packaging Automation
Integrators used software to identify the optimal positioning of robots on the line based on their footprint, reach, and payload. The software also validates the requisite system performance in relation to the existing components of the packaging line.
March 16, 2023
The latest automation installation at the plant is a two-ABB IRB 1200 robot station that case packs the retail cartons into 12-ct shipper cases.
Robotics
Evolution Fresh Teams With Hiperbaric to Automate HPP, Reduce Labor Injuries
High-pressure processing is essential for improving the taste and shelf life of cold-pressed juices. Partnering with Hiperbaric, Evolution Fresh made it a less labor-intensive operation.
February 22, 2023
At the loading and tilting station, bottled juices are loaded automatically into vessels.
Manufacturing Innovation Award
Top 10 Articles of 2022 – No. 2: Mark Anthony Brewing Goes for the Gold Standard
Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2022. At No. 2 is our first Manufacturing Innovation Award winner, a greenfield facility making White Claw Hard Seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, and other brews.
December 29, 2022
Mikes Bottles
Robotics
Growing Pains in Direct to Consumer E-Commerce
With direct to consumer e-commerce expected to grow in the near future, manufacturers need to consider automation advancements that can help ease the process.
December 21, 2022
Truck And Boxes
Robotics
Robotic Automation Doubles Capacity for Dot’s Pretzels
With no perceivable impediment to its growth other than capacity, Dot’s Pretzels, now a Hershey Co. brand, opened a new facility with a special focus on robotic packaging automation.
December 2, 2022
ABB FlexPicker delta robots fill the POP display cases.
Robotics
Yeaman Machine Showcases New Filling and Packing Solutions at PACK EXPO International
Yeaman Machine's new products showcased at PACK EXPO International can help automate the packaging line and improve efficiency.
November 4, 2022
Yeaman Machine's new top-load case packer with robotic infeed and case erecting.
Robotics
A New Frontier in Robot Applications and Markets
Robot technology is more advanced and applicable than ever with the help of machine learning, washdown capability, and safety improvements, but there is still plenty of room for innovation.
September 26, 2022
Self Repair
Robotics
Barilla's Flagship Pasta Plant Showcases Integrated Robotics
Barilla’s flagship pasta manufacturing plant in Parma, Italy, boasts a fully automated, lights-out distribution facility, equipped with 120 laser-guided vehicles and 35 robotic systems.
September 23, 2022
Barilla’s flagship plant in Parma, Italy, operates 120 laser-guided vehicles.
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