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Robotic Palletising Cells for Ready Meals Producer

PAK Automation recently won a major contract with a Global Food Company who manufacture Ready Meals in a Plant in Dundalk in the Republic Of Ireland. The Project was awarded to Pak Automation Ltd to supply and install four complete systems amidst stiff competition but the small footprint of the systems as well as the highly reliable Kawasaki FD50 Palletising …

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Robot controller is versatile and expansive

Allowing more effective and intuitive operation, a highly functional and versatile robot controller offers high level of expansion and easier operation and maintenance. In keeping with its role of one of the leaders in industrial robot technology, Kawasaki Robotics has launched a new robot control system allowing more effective and intuitive operation of the robot. The result is the new …

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Superior design gives power and accuracy

Kawasaki’s latest robot is the ‘M series’ which offers a maximum payload of 500kg and incorporates a compact profile design with long reach and high wrist torque of 3920Nm. Its superior design gives it the power to lift and manipulate heavy loads with great ease and high performance accuracy. High payload robots conventionally require a large counterbalance weight which increases …

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Robotic Palletising Cell for 25 Kg Cement Bags

Lifting 25 Kg bags presents a Health & Safety Risk, palletising can raise other significant problems with employees claiming for injuries that could be avoided. The introduction of a Kawasaki palletising robot solution can not only reduce the Health & Safety Risk but also improve your line efficiencies and produce a neater pallet. PAK Automation have recently completed the successful …

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Bespoke Labelling System

Pak Automation Ltd have recently completed a special purpose labelling system for accurately labelling punnets of strawberries and other fruit and vegetables. The customer needed a system which enabled fast changeovers and ease of set-up with the addition of being able to label punnets running back to back at up to 30 metres per minute. The applicators are stepper driven …

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Horizontal flowrapper with a difference

Pak Automation Ltd recently completed the successful installation of a horizontal flowrapper with a difference. The equipment was supplied and installed in a Government department following a successful tender bid for the automation project. The infeed ended up being 20 metres long with the infeed peg conveyor running down the centre of 20 individual workstations. The workstations were custom designed …

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High Speed Labeling Solution

Pak Automation Ltd.  have recently completed a labeling system in which the customer required a high speed labeling solution. The system was built in stainless steel and was fitted with a Mitsubishi PLC for the system controls. A Touchscreen HMI for accessing machine parameters was chosen and utilised to display the system diagnostics and alarms. The system was fitted with …

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Labeling System for Vacuum Conveyor

Pak Automation Ltd have recently completed a special purpose labeling system for accurately labeling plastic lids which come off an injection moulding machine. The customer opted for a high speed machine which was fitted with Master and Slave label applicators thus ensuring the labels never run out as the applicators automatically changeover from one to the next towards the end …

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Unitronics Weighs In

Pak Automation Ltd have recently completed a system in conjunction with ACI Ltd the All-Ireland Distributor for the Unitronics Range of PLC’s and HMI’s. The system needed to be able to process signals from 4 loadcells mounted under a U Trough Mixer which when calibrated would enable weighing of the complete Mixer so the customer could carry our recipe formulation …

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Fully Automatic Print And Apply Systems

Pak Automation Ltd have recently supplied two fully automatic print and apply systems which feature the Zebra Print Engines. These systems were supplied to label product on the side at speeds of up to 15 metres/min with a label size of 100 mm high X 150mm long. The Printers were configured to be Thermal Transfer as distinct from direct thermal …

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