Articles Tagged with ''automation''

Based on a severe worker shortage, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are enabling companies to rethink the deployment of their workforce. Designed to run on the warehouse floor and handle repetitive tasks, some AGV models can reach and retrieve pallets with or without an operator.

As packaging materials have become thinner, material handling equipment ― like palletizing and depalletizing machines ― is adapting to ensure warehouse operations protect the efficacy of beverages.

OnRobot US Inc. unveiled the MG10, a versatile, high-performance, easy-to-use magnetic gripper for material handling. 

In the beverage market, the latest innovations in processing technology is ensuring formulators can process new products with efficacy and efficiency.

To help FANUC robots easily locate packaged boxes, Motion Controls Robotics released its patent-pending Robotic Tape Inspection Station. 

As beverage warehouses balance SKU proliferation and omnichannel shopping patterns, facility managers are turning to software solutions to ensure that accuracy and efficiency needs are met.

ABB Robotics announced the release of a new RobotStudio Augmented Reality (AR) viewer to simplify robot installations through the use of an intuitive digital tool. 

Amidst challenges related to labor and safety, robotics continue to provide workarounds that allow beverage distributors to streamline operations.

As automation becomes a bigger component of warehouse operations, forklifts adjust to this new environment with software solutions.

Although automation has altered staffing needs for beverage operations, it has not eliminated the challenges that beverage manufacturers and distributors need to address.