Robotics and Automation in the food Industry
Delivery of raw materials, processing of food, packaging, palletizing and preparing for dispatch - KUKA Robotics can do it all in food and beverage manufacturing! With our holistic automation portfolio, you can master challenges in the food and beverage industry quickly, efficiently and with traceability.
Intelligent and Flexible Automation for the entire process
From receiving to distribution, worldwide
From container handling, mixing chemicals and kitting to packaging, sorting and palletizing, KUKA delivers automation for the entire process chain in personal care. And together with Swisslog, a KUKA Group company, KUKA provides automation solutions for logistics, warehousing and distributing.
The benefit? Higher productivity, lower costs and more reliability in your processes.
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Handling of primary and secondary foods
Fast, precise, hygienic
Our robotic solutions for you:
- KR DELTA HM (3 kg payload), KR AGILUS HM (six axis robot, 6-10 kg payload) - The robots in the Hygienic Machine design are made entirely of stainless steel, are easy to clean and disinfect, FDA certified components.
- KR AGILUS HO (6-axis robots, 6-10 kg payload) - The robots are built with food-grade lubricants in all axes, are easy to clean and disinfect, making them ideal for FMA (Food Manufacturing Automation).
- KUKA.PickControl –Conveyor tracking software with integrated image processing.
Customer Examples: Food handling and processing -
Palletizing
Extremely strong, fast, flexible
Our robotic solution for you:
- KUKA Palletizing robots:
- KR 40 PA ( 40 kg payload)
- KR QUANTEC PA (120-240 kg payload)
- KR 300 PA (300 kg payload)
- KR 470 PA (470 kg payload)
- KR 700 PA (700 kg payload)
- Linear units and portal robots – Allow for the space-saving automation of particularly large areas, using robotics.
- KUKA.PLC mxAutomation – Software for the integration of robots into your machine network
- KUKA.PalletTech – Software allows easy configuration of palletizing tasks with different packing patterns and stations in your industry.
Customer examples: Food palletizing - KUKA Palletizing robots:
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Pick and Place
Lightning fast, spotless, error-free
Our robotic solution for food processing:
- KR DELTA HM (3 kg payload), KR AGILUS HM (6-axis robots, 6-10 kg payload) - The robots in the Hygienic Machine design are completely made of stainless steel, are easy to clean and disinfect, FDA certified components.
- KR AGILUS HO (6-axis robots, 6-10 kg payload) - The robots are built with food grade lubricants in all axes, are easy to clean and disinfect and are therefore perfect for food processing automation.
- KR SCARA – Ultra-compact robots tailor-made for high volume manufacturing performance
- KMP 1500 (AGV) – Material transport for dynamic manufacturing environments.
- Standardized robots for all installation positions – KR CYBERTECH (8-22 kg payload), KR IONTEC (20-70 kg payload)
- KUKA.PickControl – The software ensures optimum material flow.
- KUKA.VisionTech – Software for 2D object recognition, quality control and code and OCR recognition.
- KUKA.ConveyorTech – The software automatically adapts the robot actions to the movement of the flow and conveyor belts.
- KUKA.PerceptionTech – Software technology optimised for Bin Picking Application automation.
Customer examples: pick & place automation -
Distribution
Fast transport, faster to the end consumer
Our robotic solutions for you:
- Automated solutions from Swisslog
- KUKA Mobile Plattforms (AGVs)
- KR QUANTEC PA (120-240 kg payload) – Robots with food-grade lubricants in all axes, making them mong the fastest, strongest and most precise palletising equipment in the food industry
- KUKA.PalletTech –Software for simple and user-friendly configuration and execution of palletising tasks.
- KUKA.VisionTech – Software for 2D object recognition, quality control and code and OCR recognition.
- KUKA.ConveyorTech – The software adapts the robot actions to the movement of the flow and conveyor belts, thereby increasing productivity.
Customer examples: Logistic solutions
KUKA makes the difference: Everything from a single source
Fast and hygienic robotics, in-depth know-how in the food industry and global customer service
KUKA's portfolio includes numerous machines for modern food operations: for the highest hygiene requirements, cold-resistant variants and with food-grade lubricants in all payload classes. For more flexibility, we offer mobile platforms as well an ideal software for important process steps: such as handling, pick-and-place or palletizing tasks utilising robotics.
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Robots & warehouse solutions
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Smart software
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Global customer service
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From secondary to primary automation applications for the food manufacturing industry - well equipped with KUKA.
KUKA robots are convincing in all industry sectors: Whether meat processing, baked goods or dairy products
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Meat processing
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Dairy products
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Baked goods & cereals
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Fruit & Vegetables
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Confectionery & Ice Cream
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Ready meals
KUKA supports with comprehensive expertise - whether with technical support or process development
Based on many years of experience, KUKA offers extensive support and access to all the resources you need, including virtual or face-to-face training, easily available spare parts and much more. Plus, thanks to our global network of System Partners, we're always close by - and ready to help around the clock. We work with you to customize every aspect of your automation solution to your application requirements.
- my.KUKA: Your digital customer portal with 24/7 access to information and services
- KUKA Xpert: A digital knowledge database for all KUKA products, accessible at any time and from anywhere
- Engineering Services: Comprehensive services and innovative software for your plants
- KUKA Remote Service: For safe and fast remote maintenance and fault diagnosis
- iiQoT: The central platform for monitoring, controlling and visualising robot fleets in real time
