ABB’s robotic technology has helped transform the production of pancakes at the Honeytop Speciality Food Ltd plant, by the installation of two lines each utilising four FlexPicker IRB 360 robots for the picking and stacking of pancakes. The solution, designed, built and installed by ABB’s channel partner – RG Luma, ensures the company can meet its own stringent requirements for the hygienic handling of food, as well as introducing reduced labour costs and improved health and safety levels at the 120,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Dunstable, Bedfordshire
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