Food & beverage
Robots
WHAT ARE Food & beverage robots?
As guardians of a critical resource – the world’s food supply – food and beverage manufacturers rely on predictable, easily replicated packaging, handling and transportation solutions to ensure the safety, quality and abundance of their products. In a globalized market for consumables, operators at every step of the supply chain must leverage cutting-edge robotics to remain profitable, competitive and flexible. Food robots can smooth out dramatic fluctuations in raw material costs and product mix and specifications with cost-effective and flexible in-process handling and end-of-line palletizing automation solutions.
As customer and consumer demands for on-time delivery and fully-stocked shelves increases, the need for intelligent, reliable and long-lasting food grade robots is going up. Automating these long-manual jobs helps to increase the rates of production in an accelerated world.
next level in hygiene: Food grade robots
Handling packaged food and beverages already requires high standards, but when it comes to directly handle food such as meat, dairy products or bread, the hygienic demands are extremely strict.
Food Grade Robots are designed to not only be fast, precise and versatile – but to meet the highest hygiene standards of the industry. By applying food grade grease, a cleanable and resilient surface and independent certifications, those robots can reliably and efficiently automate any food production.
The Kawasaki Robotics RF007L features chemical and washdown resistance, resin joint seals and stainless tool flange for maxium hygiene in food handling. It is certified by Fraunhofer IPA and EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group) and is based on the high-speed and high-precision RS007L.
The Kawasaki Robotics Difference
From soda bottling plants to dairy processing facilities, Kawasaki’s food and beverage robots meet hygiene requirements and fulfill a wide range of handling processes, including bottle positioning, capping, filling, sterilizing and high-speed picking and sorting as well as repetitive but precise food handling operations like the packaging of irregularly shaped items and variety packs. Elsewhere on the production floor, our reliable robots assist with loading and unloading of packaging and sorting machines as well as palletizing of packaged dairy, meat and beverage products for transfer and shipment.
As food and beverage operators demand ever greater precision and safety from their production operations, Kawasaki Robotics continues to develop cutting-edge solutions that reduce waste, boost profit and enhance the safety of the food supply.
OUR food ROBOTS
(AND WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL)
With an always-open architecture and high-end technology, Kawasaki robots were made to bring order to fast-moving production processes. Their high speeds, relentless work ethic and state-of-the-art hygiene make them an ideal fit for any food handling application.
RF007L
FOOD-GRADE HANDLING ROBOT
- Long reaches and high speeds for primary food handling
- Chemical and washdown resistance, resin joint seals and stainless tool flange for maxium hygiene
- Certified by Fraunhofer IPA and EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group)
- Up to 7kg payload capacity and 930 mm reach
RS SERIES HANDLING ROBOTS
DO-EVERYTHING STANDOUTS
- Product range of 3 kg to 80 kg payload
- 620 to 2100 mm maximum reach
- Maximum precision and industry-leading speed
Y SERIES
THE FOOD-SAFE SPEEDSTER
- Long reaches and high speeds for food, pharma, cosmetics, electrical and more
- 2 kg and 3 kg (4.4 lb and 6.6 lb) payload models with 300 mm and 650 mm (11.8” and 25.6”) reach, respectively
- 2 kg (4.4 lb) model is compact, 3 kg (6.6 lb) model brings a wide range of motion
- Both models built using food-grade grease; 3 kg (6.6 lb) model designed for washdowns in hygienic environment
