Panovo Alimentaria, a part of Grupo Proan, is a number one Mexican bakery producer producing snack desserts and frozen baked items across the clock. With greater than 1,000 staff and a number of manufacturing traces, Panovo was operating right into a problem frequent throughout meals manufacturing: handbook palletizing was holding them again.
Operators had been required to stack containers as much as 2.5 meters (98 in) excessive — a bodily exhausting job that induced fatigue, excessive turnover, and ergonomic dangers, particularly throughout in a single day shifts. Guide stacking additionally created inconsistent pallet high quality and strained logistics. And since Panovo’s amenities provided restricted ground house, giant retrofitted tools merely wasn’t an choice.
“We had an enormous want to scale back operator fatigue within the packaging space, particularly for palletizing. We required a low-cost, small-footprint resolution as a result of our house is restricted and retrofitting massive machines is troublesome.”
— Juan Barba, Challenge Engineer, Panovo Alimentaria
Aa collaborative method to palletizing
Panovo partnered with Robotiq and native integrator HTL to implement 5 collaborative robotic palletizing cells throughout its manufacturing traces. The mannequin that match greatest was Robotiq’s AX10 Palletizer, able to stacking pallets as much as 2,750 mm (108 in) excessive, even in low-temperature environments.
Key to the success was the user-friendly interface, which helped operators rapidly adapt to the brand new system. With assist and coaching from Robotiq and HTL, the transition was clean and worker buy-in was speedy.
“The robots didn’t threaten our employees. Quite the opposite, they had been amazed — and wanting to be taught.”
— Víctor Antimo, Operations Supervisor, Planta Vualá
Outcomes that stack up
The affect was felt on each the store ground and in logistics:
- Improved operator well-being: Staff now not endure the pressure of stacking heavy containers overhead, lowering ergonomic dangers and making a safer, extra comfy work atmosphere.
- Higher retention: Staff embraced automation, boosting job satisfaction and reducing turnover.
- Constant high quality: Robotic palletizing delivered dependable, uniform pallets that streamlined logistics.
- Flexibility for the long run: The system simply handles a number of product codecs and adapts to Panovo’s evolving wants.
Panovo is already planning to increase automated palletizing throughout extra traces.
Lean Palletizing in motion
Panovo’s journey reveals how collaborative automation frees human fingers from repetitive duties whereas making manufacturing extra dependable. By selecting Robotiq Palletizers, Panovo not solely lowered harm threat and turnover, but additionally set itself up for scalable, long-term success.
To be taught extra about Panovo’s success story, try the full case research or watch the on-demand webinar!
Let’s make your manufacturing unit future-ready
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