Transforming Bakery Production Lines in Finnish SMEs through Modeling, Simulation and Co-Robotization for Efficient Use of Energy Resources.

Autor: Ha Pham, Stepanova, Anastasiia, Zourmand, Alireza, Christophe, Francois, Kaikkonen, Jari, Laakkonen, Mika-Petri
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Zdroj: International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science & Technology; 2023, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p1-4, 4p
Abstrakt: The practical modeling and simulation use of a collaborative robot in the food production business is covered in this study. This paper's major goal is to show how modeling and simulation may be used to automate a production line. The pilot was run at a bakery manufacturing facility in Finland. Consideration was given to the current facility design and equipment when modeling and simulating the deployment of collaborative robots. The goal was to create a solution specifically for the factory. An industrial bakery production line's typical process was modeled, simulated, and robotized: 1) Filling empty trays with batter, 2) loading them into oven-ready trolleys, and 3) removing the baked cakes from the trays for the subsequent topping decoration stage and 4) final step was to palletize the packed cakes. The automation of the food production sector decreased monotonous work and idle time and increased output. As a result, the industry of food production benefits from the efficient use of heavy machinery and energy resources as a result of robotization. This paper was written based on the food industry cobot prototype being developed under Kesytek project (EU ERDF fund - A 310156). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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