Case Study: Griffith Foods achieves safer, more productive palletizing with Robotiq

Griffith Foods eliminates 10,000 repetitive motions per day with Robotiq

Griffith Foods, a global food solutions company, faced a significant ergonomic challenge at its Colombia facility where manual palletizing on high-volume production lines posed a high risk of musculoskeletal injuries to employees. The plant needed a flexible automation solution that would improve safety without reducing human employment. To address this, they partnered with Robotiq to implement a PE10 Lean Palletizer.

The Robotiq solution involved installing a collaborative robotic cell that could synchronize two production lines, handle 32 different SKUs, and operate at 10 cycles per minute. This implementation by Robotiq completely eliminated repetitive motions for employees, drastically reducing fatigue and absenteeism. The solution also boosted operational efficiency, allowing the reallocation of workers to other roles and achieving stable, high-capacity production with zero equipment failures since installation.

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