"LabelMonkey" labelling robot

• Company: MFG Technik & Service GmbH
• Used igus® products: robolink® RL-DP - Complete module 5 degrees of freedom
• Sector: Industry
• payback period: 16-24 months

Industrially produced goods, especially foodstuffs, are stacked on pallets for transport. The finished pallets are usually labelled with logistics information on two or three sides. Special printing units print the labels. A mechanism then applies them to the sides of the pallets.

In order to automate this process, MFG Technik & Service developed the "LabelMonkey" based on a modular system:

• 2 label printing units to achieve redundancy
• 1 robolink® DP with special label pressure plate as a tool

Problem
Until now, this label application process has been carried out using complex, expensive and error-prone mechanisms. Once designed and installed, few changes and adjustments to the system are possible.

With the "LabelMonkey", MFG has developed a pallet labeller with the robolink® DP at its heart. Thanks to the low-cost components used, the price of the LabelMonkey is significantly lower than conventional pallet labellers.

The two print modules create a high level of redundancy and high system availability (close to the 0 error rate). The robolink® DP allows customer requirements to be programmed and implemented quickly and easily. This gives buyers of the LabelMonkey maximum flexibility.

The advantages at a glance

• The LabelMonkey is significantly cheaper than conventional pallet labellers
• High system availability
• The system can be flexibly adapted to customer requirements