Handhabungssysteme als Teil der Produktionstechnik; heutige und zukünftige Anforderungen in der Lebensmittelbranche

Robots and Handling systems used in the food industry are subjected to further requirements than those used in the "normal" manufacturing industries. By general requirements like high availabilty, short amortisation and a high flexibility, there are additional requirements of food safety. Well-established types of industry-robots have different advantages regarding flexibility and the possibility the adapt the design into a "hygienic design". To confirm the advantages of the flexibilty of articulated robots with the potential for hygienic design of SCARA robots, the Fraunhofer IPA develooped a new prototype of a robot which can be flexible used and follows the design of food safety.