Cama: More efficiency with the Co-flow principle

Italian Cama Group is now ready to take a break-through in the packaging business, proposing a new philosophy to conceive robots and machines, approaching the 6 Sigma philosophy.

Italian Cama Group is now ready to take a break-through in the packaging business, proposing a new philosophy to conceive robots and machines, approaching the 6 Sigma philosophy.

The break-through generation machinery that Cama will ­exhibit at FachPack consists in a top load robotics solution, result of a restyling that Cama Group started to ­reduce further its machines footprint, by integrating the electrical and pneumatic components control cabinets into the machine pedestals angles. Such a compact machine footprint helps to minimize cabling and makes it easier to place the utility devices right where they are needed and accessible.

Cama team engineered such application having clearly in mind important concepts as hygiene, product care and accuracy. As usual, Cama responds to all the criteria with state of the art technology. 12 Delta type robots, RB588 model, are integrated in a single loading cell, in just 5?mt. length. The robots are positioned 6 by 6 in two parallel lanes, picking up naked products from the common transport conveyor sharing the same working area. Thanks to Cama’s patented Anti-Collision system, each robot knows its own position as well as the one of the other robots, therefore avoiding any conflict in the picking and placing movement. The picked products are then placed into cartons or trays which move in the same direction as the products. Cama software specialists have developed accurate software based on a Co-Flow prin­ciple which ensures that the cartons or trays move at the required speed to load all the “good” products available. This Co-Flow technology guarantees that each carton or tray is completed filled with no missing product. One single artificial vision system is driving all the 12 robots. The Co-Flow principle designed by Cama is the fastest way straight to efficiency.

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