Fruit Packing Automation

Symation helped a melon packer in California’s Central Valley optimize control and handling of a three conveyor-lane packaging facility. The project used a Rockwell ControlLogix PLC to control three Dorner conveyor lanes with, six Keyence SR-751 barcode readers, diverters, and automated glue dispenser for sealing cases feeding a robotic pallet packing workcell. Symation wrote software that controlled the diverters based on barcode scanner output and proximity sensors and controlled the glue dispensing. A new HMI tailored to the layout was created and product routing data is now logged.