Process Overview
This implementation case, implemented at Yuhan-Kimberly's Chungju factory, combines a Yaskawa industrial robot with a string cutting workstation to achieve automated depalletizing and string cutting. The client introduced the depalletizing system to reduce labor costs and work fatigue, and expressed strong interest in automating rope cutting and discharge to maximize cost savings and efficiency.
This solution sorts and cuts boxes of various sizes before feeding them to the case packer, improving the efficiency of the box feeding and rope cutting processes, while also reducing the physical burden on workers and ensuring safety.
Project Background and Objectives
At Yuhan-Kimberly's Chungju factory, the process of dismantling palletized boxes and loading them into case packers individually was entirely manual. This process was highly repetitive and presented a constant risk of safety accidents due to the use of knives during the removal of the twine.
The goal of this project was to automate the entire process, from depalletizing to loading into the case packer, minimizing human dependence. Furthermore, by unmanning the twine cutting process, we aimed to ensure worker safety, reduce fatigue and on-site personnel burden, and ensure stable plant operations.
Components
| Robot | Yaskawa Industrial Robot GP50: This multi-joint robot, capable of high-speed, high-precision movements, is optimized for palletizing tasks. It can automatically load and return a variety of products, making it effective for industrial automation. |
|---|---|
| Peripherals | Box Sorter and Rope Cutter: This workstation sorts boxes of various sizes, cuts the rope, and then discharges them. Safety Light Curtain and Fence: A visual barrier separates the operator and robot areas. If a worker approaches the depalletizing area, the robot immediately stops operating, ensuring safety. |
Workflow
| STEP 1. | Material Input: The worker supplies pallets with boxes stacked in them to the designated locations. |
|---|---|
| STEP 2. | Recipe input: After loading the specification information of the supplied box from the OP panel, operate the start operation button. |
| STEP 3. | Depalletizing: Based on the loaded recipe, the robot picks up the bundled boxes on the pallet and moves them to the sorting/cutting workstation. |
| STEP 4. | Box Sorting: The robot sorts the bundled boxes it has placed down using servo motors and air cylinders. |
| STEP 5. | Rope Cutting: Perform the rope cutting in an aligned state. |
| STEP 6. | Rope discharge: The cut rope is caught with a hook and discharged. |
| STEP 7. | Box Realignment: Realignment is performed to prevent the box from being misaligned during the rope cutting process. |
| STEP 8. | Box discharge: The robot feeds the cut boxes one by one to the case packer. |
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Process Overview
This implementation case, implemented at Yuhan-Kimberly's Chungju factory, combines a Yaskawa industrial robot with a string cutting workstation to achieve automated depalletizing and string cutting. The client introduced the depalletizing system to reduce labor costs and work fatigue, and expressed strong interest in automating rope cutting and discharge to maximize cost savings and efficiency.
This solution sorts and cuts boxes of various sizes before feeding them to the case packer, improving the efficiency of the box feeding and rope cutting processes, while also reducing the physical burden on workers and ensuring safety.
Project Background and Objectives
At Yuhan-Kimberly's Chungju factory, the process of dismantling palletized boxes and loading them into case packers individually was entirely manual. This process was highly repetitive and presented a constant risk of safety accidents due to the use of knives during the removal of the twine.
The goal of this project was to automate the entire process, from depalletizing to loading into the case packer, minimizing human dependence. Furthermore, by unmanning the twine cutting process, we aimed to ensure worker safety, reduce fatigue and on-site personnel burden, and ensure stable plant operations.
Components
| Robot | Yaskawa Industrial Robot GP50: This multi-joint robot, capable of high-speed, high-precision movements, is optimized for palletizing tasks. It can automatically load and return a variety of products, making it effective for industrial automation. |
|---|---|
| Peripherals | Box Sorter and Rope Cutter: This workstation sorts boxes of various sizes, cuts the rope, and then discharges them. Safety Light Curtain and Fence: A visual barrier separates the operator and robot areas. If a worker approaches the depalletizing area, the robot immediately stops operating, ensuring safety. |
Workflow
| STEP 1. | Material Input: The worker supplies pallets with boxes stacked in them to the designated locations. |
|---|---|
| STEP 2. | Recipe input: After loading the specification information of the supplied box from the OP panel, operate the start operation button. |
| STEP 3. | Depalletizing: Based on the loaded recipe, the robot picks up the bundled boxes on the pallet and moves them to the sorting/cutting workstation. |
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| STEP 6. | Rope discharge: The cut rope is caught with a hook and discharged. |
| STEP 7. | Box Realignment: Realignment is performed to prevent the box from being misaligned during the rope cutting process. |
| STEP 8. | Box discharge: The robot feeds the cut boxes one by one to the case packer. |
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