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Increased production output
SAGE Automation
One of the main reasons SAGE
specified robots from ABB for this
project is the strong relationship
between the two companies, facili-
tating customer support, service
and parts. SAGE Automation, Aus-
tralia’s largest independent automa-
tion and control systems integration
company, has integrated 20 to 30
robots in the past four years. For
more information, visit
www.gotosage.com.
The complete turnkey project inte-
grated the following technologies:
• ABB IRB 140 robot
• IRC5 Robot Controller
• HMI and cell safety
• Vision system: Cognex Insight
5403
• Hygienic icing system
• Custom-built dispensing gun
tentially opening up wider national markets
and greater overseas prospects. “We have
seen incredible growth since we began the
business eight years ago,” he says. “With
robotics in our processes we have begun
to export to New Zealand, and Singapore
has shown genuine interest.”
Added benefits
Automation has also improved occu-
pational health and safety and allowed
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better deployment of staff. Employees
at Perryman’s showed a positive atti-
tude from the outset, recognizing that
new automation was a good step for all
involved. “We have increased staff since
adding the robot cell,” Perryman points
out, “and output has grown from a few
hundred packages a day to palletized
movements.”
The benefits have continued to pile
up. “Scrap and wastage is almost non-ex-
istent,” Perryman says. “Only very rarely
does the robot arm not do a perfect job.
The more product we turn out, the more
energy we save. The floor space taken up
by the robot cell is minimal, and its height
is only about two meters.”
In addition, the design is flexible
enough to accommodate other products
Perryman’s may introduce in the future.
And the robots increase flexibility in oth-
er ways. For instance, pink icing can be
introduced in product orders specifically
bound for, say, maternity wards or char-
ity drives.
Perryman has an ambitious vision for
his company, and is increasing produc-
tion accordingly. “We have distributors in
every state in Australia. In our view, Gin-
gerbread Babies could become as iconic
as a yo-yo.”