Robotics Engineering for Consumer Goods

Bounded engineering for non-food packaged goods and consumer durables: a durability rig for one product family, a kitting or variety-pack station, an inspection study on defects your quality team defines, or an interface to your existing machines. Food sits on our Food page, garments on Apparel, store work on Retail, product design on Product Manufacturing, electronic assemblies on Electronics and general cells on Manufacturing.

Not as a starting offer. A production cell, a change to guarding or safety logic, palletising, or a robot beside operators needs a qualified integrator, an application risk assessment and your machine owner's approval. We prove a station or interface on a bench and in a guarded trial area, hand over the evidence, and help scope a separately qualified line project if the trial justifies one.

No. Our rigs apply and record the actions you specify, so your engineers can compare designs and find weak points early, with calibration and repeatability documented. Certification tests, accredited results and published transit procedures stay with recognised laboratories, and electrical safety tests are outside our rigs. We can build around a method your quality plan already uses, but the rig is never a certificate.

Sometimes, and the study tells you which. We image good and defective samples under controlled lighting, check whether dates, prices and net quantity can be read on embossed, curved or glossy surfaces, and report detection and false rejects per defect class with sample counts. A good result supports a separate line pilot; declaration compliance stays with your packer and advisers.

Unlikely, and we will say so early. Each new shape, finish or carton style may need its own nest, end tool or inspection settings. We test the SKUs you name, time changeovers between them and write a procedure for adding one, so the cost of variety is visible. If your range changes every few weeks, a well-designed manual station may beat a robot.

You do, and they stay out of your first enquiry. Before anything is shared we agree confidentiality, storage, access and when it is returned or deleted. Defect images serve your project only and train no other model unless you agree in writing. Fixtures, code and models made for you are listed in the contract apart from our own background tools.

Yes, for a named package such as a cycle rig for one appliance range or a kitting station for one bundle family. Describe the skills, dates and site access; we propose people whose time is confirmed, you interview them, and review points are agreed first. Engineers add design and test capacity; line safety, product release and certification decisions stay with your staff.

Cost follows the number of SKUs and variants, samples consumed, instruments and calibration, guarding, site visits and the line or lab time the trial needs; hardware is often the smaller part. You keep the drawings, code, calibration records, trial data including failures, and a clear call to adopt, revise or stop. Repairs, spares and any further plants are agreed separately.