Cermex RoboSELEX: robotic bottle feeding system for lightweight & shaped bottles

Cermex RoboSELEX

In today’s market, differentiation through innovative container design is essential, while regulations limiting plastic use are driving lighter packaging solutions.

These trends create challenges in conveying and handling uniquely shaped bottles, which must remain stable and undamaged during processing.

Production cycles are also becoming shorter, with a growing number of formats and SKUs, as well as diversified case counts ranging from small to large batches.

As a result, manufacturers are prioritizing fast, repeatable, and easy changeovers.

The new Cermex RoboSELEX has been engineered to feed lightweight, shaped bottles into any type of case packer.

Combining exceptional efficiency, high availability, and enhanced ease of operation, it delivers precise and optimized bottle grouping.

Top three benefits:

Unlimited shaped lightweighted bottle design, unlimited batch configuration

Speed from 80 to 320 bottles/min

Robotic concept with 2 Delta robots delivering a continuous motion system, without accumulation

Features

Speed from 80 to 320 bottles/min
Fast and repeatable changeovers for vertical start-ups delivering ever-shorter production stops:
- Same bottle, different collation: 1min
- Different bottle: 2min30
Case counts from small (3x1 products) to large (8x6 products), depending on product size

Continuous motion system without accumulation to avoid product jamming and shingling
Product spacing & pitching simply done the speed variation of the upstream conveyors
Robotic concept with 2 Delta robots ensuring smooth, fast, and precise comb positioning and repositioning
Continuous interaction and adaptation of the system to the upstream product flow conditions
Affordable 3D-printed gripping tooling to eliminate shocks and scratches
Shaped comb buckets to suit different product designs, sizes and collations

Cost of adding new bottle formats (shapes & sizes) reduced thanks to low number of change parts needed
Less storage space required for change parts compared to screw infeed
Batch orientation done at the source, no need for an intermediary rotating table before packing
System even offering the possibility to eliminate the puck’s usage when dealing with conveyable non-accumulable shaped bottles
Batch control by 3D vision system with AI-powered photo analysis

Simple manual (or motorized in option) adjustments of the upstream guides
Robots coming to an ergonomic position for the changeover of the 2 vacuum comb gripping heads
Reduced change part storage space (tooling drawer storage inside the system in option)
Great operator and maintenance resources embedded in centralized packer HMI
Robotic arm hung from the frame top part (TPM designed), leaving a full ground access to the heart of the system
Hygienic design in case of product leakage, for a facilitated machine cleaning

Speechless combination of performances
Product care
Equipment efficiency
Equipment operability

Speechless combination of performances
Product care
Equipment efficiency
Equipment operability

Speechless combination of performances

Speed from 80 to 320 bottles/min
Fast and repeatable changeovers for vertical start-ups delivering ever-shorter production stops:
- Same bottle, different collation: 1min
- Different bottle: 2min30
Case counts from small (3x1 products) to large (8x6 products), depending on product size

Product care

Continuous motion system without accumulation to avoid product jamming and shingling
Product spacing & pitching simply done the speed variation of the upstream conveyors
Robotic concept with 2 Delta robots ensuring smooth, fast, and precise comb positioning and repositioning
Continuous interaction and adaptation of the system to the upstream product flow conditions
Affordable 3D-printed gripping tooling to eliminate shocks and scratches
Shaped comb buckets to suit different product designs, sizes and collations

Equipment efficiency

Cost of adding new bottle formats (shapes & sizes) reduced thanks to low number of change parts needed
Less storage space required for change parts compared to screw infeed
Batch orientation done at the source, no need for an intermediary rotating table before packing
System even offering the possibility to eliminate the puck’s usage when dealing with conveyable non-accumulable shaped bottles
Batch control by 3D vision system with AI-powered photo analysis

Equipment operability

Simple manual (or motorized in option) adjustments of the upstream guides
Robots coming to an ergonomic position for the changeover of the 2 vacuum comb gripping heads
Reduced change part storage space (tooling drawer storage inside the system in option)
Great operator and maintenance resources embedded in centralized packer HMI
Robotic arm hung from the frame top part (TPM designed), leaving a full ground access to the heart of the system
Hygienic design in case of product leakage, for a facilitated machine cleaning