Industry automation
Food and Beverage Automation
Sage integrates robotic handling and end-of-line automation for food and beverage products, containers and bulk ingredients where sanitation and product integrity shape the design.
Material handling that respects sanitation, packaging and production flow
Food and beverage automation may involve packaged products, bags, pails, drums, totes or ingredient containers. Equipment materials, cleanability, product-contact boundaries and plant sanitation procedures must be defined early in the project.
Sage engineers robots, tooling, conveyors, pallet equipment, controls and guarding around the required environment. Applications include machine tending, product transfer, packaging support, palletizing and warehouse handoff.
Application data to define
- Sanitation zone and cleaning method
- Food-contact and non-contact boundaries
- Package integrity and leakage risk
- Product temperature and environment
- Allergen or changeover requirements
- Traceability and production data
What the system can include
Container and case handling
Move packaged goods, pails, drums, totes and cases through production and end-of-line operations.
Ingredient movement
Automate bulk or packaged ingredient handling where product weight and repetitive movement create ergonomic risk.
Palletizing and load flow
Build stable loads and coordinate pallets with wrapping, labeling, storage or shipping systems.
Project video library
See related Sage systems in operation
Frequently asked questions
Can a robot cell be designed for washdown?
The required cleaning process and sanitation zone must be defined first. Sage selects suitable robot, tooling, materials and enclosure details for the specified environment.
Can Sage palletize bags, pails or drums?
Yes. Tooling and pallet patterns are engineered around the product weight, surface, rigidity, closure and finished-load stability.
Continue your application research
Bring us the application data.
Share the product, payload, rate, process sequence and available layout with a Sage applications engineer.