Bakery

Precision Packing for Bakery Producers, However Irregular the Product

Bakery is one of the most demanding sectors for end-of-line automation. Products are fragile, shapes vary significantly even within a single SKU, and the tolerance for damage is minimal. A squashed loaf or a cracked pastry is not a reject, it is a complaint.

Brillopak’s UniPAKer is designed to handle exactly this challenge: picking and placing delicate, irregular bakery products with the precision and care needed to keep quality intact at speed.

Two factors define the automation challenge in bakery more than any other.

The first is product variability. Bread, pastries, and baked goods rarely present in a perfectly uniform shape. Even machine-produced loaves have natural variation in profile, and hand-finished products vary further still. Automation that cannot account for this will either miss picks or damage the product, and neither is acceptable.

The second is fragility. Baked goods are not forgiving of heavy-handed handling. The end effector that picks the product, the speed at which it moves, the placement into the tray or box: every element of the motion needs to be calibrated for the specific product being packed.

Getting both right simultaneously, at production speeds, is where the engineering challenge lies.

The UniPAKer uses

delta robot technology with innovative end effectors designed specifically for the product in question. Rather than adapting your product to a standard machine, we design the tooling around what you are packing: the shape, the weight, the fragility, the packaging format.

For bakery,

this typically means low-impact vacuum or mechanical gripping, and adjusting the trajectory of motion to ensure product is handled gently while maintaining the pick consistency needed to place accurately at volume. End effectors are configured to accommodate the full range of bakery products, from structured loaves to flat, flexible items such as naan breads, and softer or irregularly shaped products that standard tooling cannot reliably handle.

The system also integrates

with Brillopak’s PAKSight vision technology, which identifies and rejects product that does not meet quality standards, including misshapen items or product that is overbaked, at line speed, without slowing the pack rate.

“Brillopak clearly understands the manufacturing environment and how critical production schedules are to getting fresh produce packed and looking good on the retail shelves”

Head of Operations,

Major Food Producer

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Bakery presents some of the most varied and technically demanding handling challenges in food manufacturing. Products differ in size, weight, texture, and structure, sometimes within a single product range, and that variability demands engineering built around the product, not around a standard specification.

Brillopak brings two core capabilities to bakery applications. The first is PAKSight, our vision technology, which ensures consistent quality assurance at line speed. The second is our end effector design capability: we have developed tooling for products that other systems cannot handle reliably, including soft, floppy, and irregularly shaped bakery items, using vacuum and mechanical pick configurations engineered specifically for the application.

Both capabilities are underpinned by an R&D programme that continues to advance our understanding of vacuum technology, head design, and pick mechanics year on year. The result is a system that handles the full range of bakery products with the consistency and care the sector demands.

Every UniPAKer installation is backed by PAKPerformance, our aftercare programme, providing ongoing support to keep your line performing at the level it was designed for, long after installation.

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I wanted a system that would be straightforward to operate, with minimal downtime and line stoppages. The new system meets that requirement. Our operators appreciate the speed at which product changeovers can now be completed at the touch of a button. Our staff understood how to operate the system after a minimal period of training.

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The system has minimal downtime and I am pleased to recommend Brillopak to anyone considering packing automation.

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The new apple packing lines went live on time and on budget and have already achieved a step change in the quality of product that we deliver.

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I found that Brillopak were really focused on doing the job professionally. They also remained on site to make sure all of our people understood the systems before they left.

McVities

We were looking for a supplier who could meet the specification, contribute ideas and also offer the flexibility to modify their machines to work with our environment. Brillopak was a good fit.

Morrisons

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Bakery

Precision Packing for Bakery Producers, However Irregular the Product

The Challenges Bakery Producers Face

How the UniPAKer Handles It

The UniPAKer uses

For bakery,

The system also integrates

Bakery Applications

Sourdough bread, including artisan-style loaves with irregular profiles

Naan breads, flat and flexible products with inherent shape variation

What Our Customers Say

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