Case Study: Tecno Pack SpA achieves fast, reliable biscuit packaging with Piab vacuum grippers

Tecno Pack SpA picks 500 flowpacks per minute with Piab

Tecno Pack SpA, an automation specialist, was tasked with creating a robotic system for the secondary packaging of biscuits for a leading international confectionery company. The challenge involved handling a variety of flowpack sizes and formats arriving in a disordered manner, requiring a fast, reliable, and flexible pick-and-place solution. They addressed this using grippers equipped with Piab's piGRIP® suction cups and piCOMPACT®23 SMART vacuum pumps.

The solution implemented by Piab used remote-mounted vacuum pumps to keep the robot grippers lightweight and powerful, with quick-release interfaces to minimize downtime during product changeovers. This system achieved a high cycle time, picking 500 flowpacks per minute across four robots. Piab's technology provided a secure grip on the packaging and guaranteed fast, repetitive pick-up and release times, leading to an efficient and reliable automated process for the customer.