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ABB updates robotic picking & packing
ABB updates its robotic picking and packing lineup with the launch of its new faster and stronger IRB 390 FlexPacker.
ABB has launched its new flexible delta robot, the IRB 390 FlexPacker, which the company says delivers faster and higher payloads and sup- ports customised packaging, vertical packing, high-speed and high-varia- tion sorting, and on-demand order picking in logistics and e-commerce fulfillment centres.
Designed for customers in food and beverage, logistics, pharmaceutical and consumer-packaged goods industries, the IRB 390 is ideal for secondary packaging and higher pay- load applications, with the speed and flexibility to support shelf-ready and retail-ready packaging.
The IRB 390 has NSF H1 Food
Grade Lubricants and is built of FDA
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compliant material, suitable for use in hygienic environments. FGO and FGG (H1) is used in all exposed gear- boxes and bearings. It is 35 per cent faster than the IRB 360-8/1130 FlexPicker, with a 45 per cent increase in reachable volume and payload of up to 15kg.
“With the launch of the new IRB 390, ABB now offers an enhanced portfolio of automation products to help our customers meet the latest pick and place challenges,” explains Peter Bradbury, sales manager for Food and Beverage at ABB Robotics.
“We are combining the speed, pay-
load and dexterity of FlexPacker with
the proven high-speed picking and
packing capability of FlexPicker and
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ABOVE: ABB’s new flexible delta robot, the IRB 390 FlexPacker. ible delta robot, the IRB 390 FlexPacker.
the advanced vision and digital twin capability of PickMaster Twin to help our customers make their lines more flexible than ever before, to handle the growth of low volume, high mix and higher payload production.”
With its FlexPicker robot and PickMaster software, including the recently released PickMaster Twin, ABB is helping logistics, e-fulfill- ment and retail operators in Australia and worldwide to meet the consumer demand revolution.
The IRB 390 FlexPacker robot is now available as a four – and five- axis variant delta robot. ■
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