ABB Robotics - Packing tubes of hair color

L'Oréal Canada needed to set up a packaging line in Montreal for its INOA hair coloring products -- and fast. The highlight of the solution is a brand-new, small IRB 120 robot from ABB.
"It was a huge challenge," recalled Guy Fafard, the plant's technical supervisor.
"When we discussed it with our production manager, he said there was no way we could design and install a new production line in such a small space and in such a short period of time. He said it simply couldn't be done. But we had to find a way to make it happen."

Read the full story:
http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot241.nsf/veritydisplay/79ed40ad4e07ce2ac1...$file/lorealcaestudy_lores20110126.pdf

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ABB
• Robotics
• robots
• small
• IRB
• 120
• L'Oreal
• Canada
• INOA
• hair
• color
• tubes
• packing
• handling
• picking

[ABBRobotics]

Two month delivery needed & confined space available meant more traditional packing machines could not meet the needs specified by L'Oreal. Fully explained in the original article (see link with movie)

[danxl5]

Why was a robot needed in this situation?