Schubert: machines and robotics working together seamlessly

At ProSweets Cologne, Gerhard Schubert will once again be showcasing its expertise in pack­aging confectionery and snacks in a wide selection of variants and packaging formats. The company will be presenting the Flowmodul flow-wrapping component which is seamlessly integrated into a TLM system. The innovation has enjoyed great success since its market launch, especially in the confectionery sector.

In combination with proven robotics and image processing technology, the Flowmodul enables the highly flexible packaging of snacks and confectionery of all types of flowpacks. The end-packaging process into cartons can also be seamlessly connected to the primary packaging process, in a single TLM packaging line. With the Flowmodul, small batch sizes, short product life cycles and extensive product variety can be handled more efficiently than ever before. Schubert’s flow-wrap packaging technology has since proven itself in the packaging of a wide range of products such as chocolate bars, biscuits, cakes and chocolate figures.
Unified system control, ease of use, highly flexible robot loading, powerful image processing and the fact that the customer receives a solution from a single vendor are among the unique advantages this automation solution delivers. In Cologne, Schubert will be presenting a picker line with five F4 robots that place sandwich biscuits into the Flowmodul’s product infeed ­system and which then packs them into flowpacks.
Another focus of the exhibition will be digitalisation. In this context, the market leader in digital packaging machines will be presenting its web-based GRIPS.world platform, which will ultimately combine all important functions for monitoring and documenting machine data via a single ­user interface. By networking the TLM machines via this digital solution, Schubert will be able to con­tinuously monitor machine performance and any deviations from target ­status – thereby further ­expanding its preventive service portfolio. The objective is to entirely avoid ­unplanned machine downtimes.  •