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INTEGRATED ROBOTIC SOLUTION FOR
GREENHOUSES SPEEDS PEPPER BAGGING
SUCCESS STORY
Bartel Machine designs and builds special-purpose automation
equipment using the most advanced automation technologies in
Leamington, Canada. Leamington has one of the largest concentrations
of greenhouse growing companies. Bartel and Omron have partnered
together for a single-package solution that is likely to be the next
groundbreaking development for the greenhouse industry.
BACKGROUND
Bartel pitched the idea of creating a machine that automatically
places greenhouse peppers in bags. Because peppers come in a variety
of shapes and can be prone to damage if not grasped along their
unique contours, the bagging process is largely performed manually.
However, if this task were to be successfully automated, greenhouse
companies could save time, cut costs, and boost productivity. Bartel
worked with Omron Automation Americas automation to provide
solutions for products that integrate well, allowing Bartel to devote
more energy to designing and manufacturing a modular machine that
would scale up dramatically in response to changing application needs.
The high level of coordination of one Viper 6 Axis Articulated Robot
and servos together with two bagging systems, one on each side,
represent a single module, scaling up the entire machine simply meant
adding more modules. The servos stand out in a variety of ways,
including size, controllability, ease of use, and ease of programming in
tandem with robotics. The Omron NX102 machine automation
controller with Sysmac Studio makes it possible to put everything
together. Since the engineers were able to connect the NA5 Series
human-machine interface (HMI) to the robot, the sensors, and the servo
drives in Sysmac Studio, the new machine works well across all
platforms.
Learn More about Omron's TM Robots utilized above.
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