A four-axle pick and place robot which in co-operation with the TLM Vision System picks products from a continuously running product belt and groups them in a box, tray or transmodule. If two F4 robots work in a machine frame with a control and Vision System, it is referred to as a TLM-F44 picker station. The TLM-F4 arm can accelerate with 15 G, reaches a speed of 5m/sec in doing so and only produces a noise level of 70 dB. TLM-F44 robots can work together as a team and mutually pursue the objective of guaranteeing packages which have been filled completely.
The TLM vision system
Due to the wide ranges of products in picker lines, it works together with the TLM scanner which was specifically developed for packaging tasks. Scanners are built at 200 mm steps up a length of 1,800 mm. There are transmitted light scanners which record a shadow image of the products and reflected light scanners which look at the products. Reflected light scanners are also offered in a 3D design to evaluate height information. The TLM Vision System can evaluate up to 4,000 products per minute while carrying out an individual quality check.
