Panovo Alimentaria, a part of Grupo Proan, is a number one Mexican bakery producer producing snack truffles 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 widespread throughout meals manufacturing: guide palletizing was holding them again.
Operators have been required to stack packing containers as much as 2.5 meters (98 in) excessive — a bodily exhausting process that precipitated fatigue, excessive turnover, and ergonomic dangers, particularly throughout in a single day shifts. Handbook stacking additionally created inconsistent pallet high quality and strained logistics. And since Panovo’s amenities provided restricted ground house, massive 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 proscribed and retrofitting large machines is troublesome.”
— Juan Barba, Venture Engineer, Panovo Alimentaria
Aa collaborative strategy 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 shortly adapt to the brand new system. With help and coaching from Robotiq and HTL, the transition was easy and worker buy-in was rapid.
“The robots didn’t threaten our staff. Quite the opposite, they have been amazed — and desirous to be taught.”
— Víctor Antimo, Operations Supervisor, Planta Vualá
Outcomes that stack up
The influence was felt on each the store ground and in logistics:
- Improved operator well-being: Employees not endure the pressure of stacking heavy packing containers overhead, decreasing ergonomic dangers and making a safer, extra snug work surroundings.
- Higher retention: Workers embraced automation, boosting job satisfaction and decreasing turnover.
- Constant high quality: Robotic palletizing delivered dependable, uniform pallets that streamlined logistics.
- Flexibility for the longer term: The system simply handles a number of product codecs and adapts to Panovo’s evolving wants.
Panovo is already planning to broaden automated palletizing throughout extra traces.
Lean Palletizing in motion
Panovo’s journey reveals how collaborative automation frees human palms from repetitive duties whereas making manufacturing extra dependable. By selecting Robotiq Palletizers, Panovo not solely decreased harm danger and turnover, but additionally set itself up for scalable, long-term success.
To be taught extra about Panovo’s success story, take a look at the full case examine or watch the on-demand webinar!
Let’s make your manufacturing unit future-ready
We have made it simpler than ever to see how a Robotiq Palletizer may rework your operations. To get a full report, together with a customized 3D render and ROI calculation, reply a number of questions from our Palletizing Match Instrument.
