Adjustable Robotic Box Filling

This application was designed to meet 2 specific box-filling configurations. It can also be easily adjusted to accomodate other box sizes and configurations.

How does it work?

• The conveyor is loaded with 10 boxes (in 2 rows).
• The conveyor is started. A pneumatic box stopper stops the boxes when they reach the end.
• Two pneumatic cylinders activate a bar which snugs the first two boxes against the far side rail.
• A 2nd bar snugs the next 2 boxes.
• The conveyor stops. A robot fills the first two boxes.
• The end positioning bar retracts, releasing these boxes from the side rail. The box-stop lowers.
• The conveyor starts and moves the filled boxes to a roller-storage conveyor. The box-stop raises.
• Once the filled boxes have passed, a photo-eye signals the 2nd positioning bar to release the 2nd set of boxes, which then move to the fill position.

Pneumatic box stops and box clamps provide precise positioning.

Stacking parts in a box robotically, requires precision positioning of each box, side-to-side and end-to-end.This system uses 2 pancake cylinders to stop the box at the end of the conveyor. Two pneumatic box clamps snug the boxes against the side. One clamp keeps a row of empty boxes from releasing to the fill position until the full box has exited. The other clamp positions the box being filled.