Palettizing systems from Bayer with Yaskawa Cobots at chocolate manufacturer Ritter
Square. Practical. Good palletization.
With the triumph of automation in packaging technology, the need for flexible and efficient packaging solutions – such as those developed by the manufacturer of modular palletizing systems Bayer with its safety guard-less solution PLT HC – is also increasing. Chocolate manufacturer Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG now uses four such facilities at its logistics hub Reichenbach.
Before the sweet treats from the production of Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG can finally be delivered, they must be packaged at the logistics site in Reichenbach near Stuttgart (Germany). More specifically, this means boxing the popular Ritter Sport chocolate bars and other primary-packaged chocolate specialties in shelf cartons or displays for retail, and final palletizing of the boxes for transport by truck. However, especially for this final step in the packaging chain, until recently they still a lacked an efficient and, above all, flexible automation solution to supplement the central palletizer at more distant locations, e.g. at the loading gate.
“The proposed automation of the palletizing process was to take place in the narrowest possible space, without great effort and, of course, achieving the highest possible acceptance among our employees,” Markus Fuchs, Site Manager at Ritter in Reichenbach, clarifies the requirements.