US cheese producer uses robotics to boost production
To keep pace with the growth of its Hispanic cheese product line, Wisconsin Cheese Group automates its pick-and-place pack-handling operations with a robotic system featuring camera-based vision.
The new robotic pick-and-place system receives cheese packs in groups of nine in a 3x3 configuration and places them for labelling on a single-file infeed conveyor. Its vision system ensures that the packs enter as required.
For the past two decades, Wisconsin Cheese Group (WCG), Monroe, WI, in the heart of the Dairy State, has built its business by providing premium-quality specialty cheeses to wholesale, retail, and foodservice customers. Producing varieties of cheeses from Ackawi to Queso Quesadilla and everything in between, the company serves local, regional, state and national markets. WCG makes a bounty of private-label cheeses for some of the nation's top retailers.
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