Maximum flexibility with Transmodul

A picker line for chocolate bars. Six TLM-F4 robots pick up 600 bars per minute from the product belt and place them onto the Transmodul.

In hall 10 of the Prosweets fair Gerhard Schubert GmbH will be showing the functionality of a highly efficient system.
Ranging from chocolate bars, cookies to pralines and from bottles, tubes, sachets and cans, the system proposed by Schubert can process a whole host of products and package them in the chosen packing pattern. The high flexibility is enabled by the TLM Transmoduls, “intelligent” vehicles driven by a servomotor and carry out numerous transport tasks within the system.

Equipped with a path control they can be used for both continuous operation (ie simulating a conveyor belt) and for a combination of cyclical and continuous movements. Hence they are especially suited for use on picker lines.
Schubert has been applying the Transmodul system to its conveyor lines since September 2008, and has been enjoying a growing success thanks to the special flexibility that is created when simple mechanical and intelligent control systems are combined with easily interchangeable tools.

The Transmodul is the first transport robot worldwide and has been developed based on these criteria. The interchangeable tool is a transport plate designed to the requirements of the product to be processed. At format change the plate is docked onto the Transmodul in just seconds, either manually or fully automatically, as desired. A vacuum function is integrated to fix the product or packaging being transported on the transmodules.
Further module control functions ensures redundancy: an added value for packaging machines, making them simpler and more reliable.