Sweet highlights

In order for the robots to also ‘see’ what they are doing when grouping and inserting tasty treats and snacks, scanners determine the product’s position and pass on this information to the robots. The 3D scanner developed by Schubert opens up unprecedented possibilities. For example, it recognises a brown sandwich biscuit with brown cream in the product stream whose top part is missing and rejects it. In the case of uniform product density, the TLM Vision System can also determine the weight of each product, therefore enabling the completion of individual product formations within a defined weight range during the grouping process.

Schubert uses the TLM Transmodul for transporting products, boxes and cartons as well as for other functions. The rail-based transport robots move autonomously, making the packaging process considerably more effective. Depending on the product, the modules can be equipped with different transport plates. For example, they can be mounted with a vacuum unit to prevent them from slipping.

The flexibility of our TLM components opens up virtually unlimited application opportunities in the confectionery and snack industry – whether working with pralines, chocolates, cakes or biscuits.

In the following videos, you can see how the individual TLM components work with each other with perfect synchronicity. And viewer beware: you’ll never look at a box of chocolates on a shop shelf the same way again.