Schubert at Automation UK 2024

The cobot, which Schubert will be demonstrating live at Automation UK, is designed for high-performance pick & place applications: At speeds of up to 90 cycles per minute, the tog.519 picks various unsorted products – for example, cereal bars in the food sector, or pumps, bottles and lids in the cosmetics sector – from a crate or conveyor belt and places them in any desired destination and/or packing configuration. The system can achieve this thanks to AI-supported image processing developed in-house by Schubert. It recognises products as it picks them up as well as the environment in which they are to be placed. The cobot was developed to automate the feeding process for packaging machines, which is still often handled manually. Processes such as placing products from a crate onto a conveyor belt, separating, correctly orienting or sorting them are very complex and could rarely be solved cost-effectively by machine – especially when a wide range of product formats have to be processed. The cobot can also be used at different and constantly changing points in production, thereby closing automation gaps. It is even possible to set up a complete production line by combining multiple tog.519 cobots. Overall, the tog.519 cobot excels with a high degree of speed, flexibility, and simplicity, and has the potential to elevate consumer goods packaging processes to the next level of automation.

Along with information on the latest packaging solutions, Mark Stepney and his team also have another new development to announce: Schubert UK, together with Schubert-Pharma, will now be supporting customers from the pharmaceutical sector locally in the UK and Ireland, in addition to customers from the consumer goods sector. Customers in the UK can now benefit from advice on Schubert’s top-loading packaging processes designed to ensure high-quality, pharma-compliant packaging – for vials, ampoules, syringes, medical devices and combination products. Mark Stepney concludes: “We are delighted that we have been able to expand our portfolio and are looking forward to answering all the questions that visitors to the exhibition may have.”