What is robotics in food industry operations?
It is the use of robotic cells for packaging, handling, palletizing, and inspection integrated with hygienic controls and line-wide traceability.
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/IND-FBALIMENTOS Y BEBIDAS · EMPAQUE Y PROCESO
Automatización de alimentos y bebidas,
higiénica por diseño.
Desde llenado hasta empaque y proceso de planta, entregamos automatización F&B con hardware higiénico, CIP validado y trazabilidad ingrediente→pallet.
/DATASHEETREF. IND-FB-001
PROCESOFilling · packaging · process · CIP
HYGIENEIP65 / IP69K · 3-A · EHEDG design
SAFETYFDA / FSMA · USDA · HACCP · GMP
PLATFORMSRockwell · Siemens · Mitsubishi
TRACELot · batch · pallet (ingredient → ship)
DATAPackML · OEE · MES + ERP / SAP push
130+
líneas F&B
1200
BPM de referencia
99.5%
conformidad de lote
24/7
soporte productivo
RESPUESTA PRIMERO
¿Cómo sostener líneas F&B de alta velocidad con cumplimiento?
Se requiere equilibrar velocidad, higiene y calidad con lógica PLC determinística, CIP validado y trazabilidad completa.
How do you maintain high throughput without hygiene risk?
By engineering hygienic design principles into controls and equipment interfaces, validating cleaning logic, and monitoring quality checkpoints in real time.
Which standards matter most in food and beverage automation?
Typical projects align to FDA and FSMA requirements, USDA expectations where needed, hygienic design frameworks, and packaging interoperability standards like PackML.
How fast can support begin for critical line issues?
Initial diagnostics can begin quickly and then transition to execution plans focused on bottlenecks affecting speed, reject rates, uptime, and compliance.
/01STANDARDS FRAMEWORK
Food Industry Automation Standards and Compliance Framework
Food safety is a design input, not a checklist at FAT. Every F&B deployment is built against this matrix from URS through PQ.
/STD-01
FDA · FSMA · 21 CFR 117
Preventive Controls for Human Alimentos and process safety.
- ▸ PCQI-aligned design
- ▸ Allergen control logic
- ▸ Validated cleaning cycles
- ▸ Electronic records
/STD-02
USDA FSIS · 9 CFR
Continuous-inspection meat, poultry and egg products.
- ▸ Sanitary fabrication
- ▸ Drainable surfaces
- ▸ FSIS-ready records
- ▸ Equipment NSF-rated
/STD-03
3-A Sanitary · EHEDG
Hygienic equipment design for product-contact zones.
- ▸ 3-A 14159 fabrication
- ▸ EHEDG cleanability
- ▸ Surface finish ≤ 0.8 µm Ra
- ▸ No dead legs
/STD-04
21 CFR Part 11 · Records
Electronic records, signatures and audit trail integrity.
- ▸ Audit trail enabled
- ▸ User roles + e-signature
- ▸ Recipe change control
- ▸ Validated backups
/STD-05
PackML · ISA-88 / TR88
OMAC machine state model for packaging lines.
- ▸ S88 batch recipes
- ▸ PackML state model
- ▸ Common HMI tags
- ▸ OEE per machine
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SQF · BRCGS · HACCP
Global Alimentos Safety Initiative-recognized schemes.
- ▸ CCP integration
- ▸ Metal-detect / X-ray gating
- ▸ Reject confirmation
- ▸ Lot genealogy
/02PLATFORM DATASHEET
Food & Beverage Line Subsystems: Filling, Packaging, Palletizing, and CIP
From filler to MES. Switch tabs to inspect the spec for each subsystem.
/FILL · PRIMARY PACKAGING AT LINE SPEED
Filling · Capping · Labeling
Primary packaging at line speed. Engineered hygienic, with PackML state model, 21 CFR 11 records and per-asset OEE / genealogy built in.
SPECIFICATIONREF · FILL-2026
SPEEDUp to 1,200 BPM (servo-coordinated)
FILLVolumetric · net-weight · piston · flow
CAPPERServo torque-monitored · reject
LABELERPressure-sensitive + vision verify
CODINGMarkem-Imaje / Domino + lot genealogy
/03REFERENCE LINE
Process → Filler → EOL.
Schematic of a typical hygienic packaging line, from process / batch through filler, secondary packaging, EOL palletizing and MES / ERP genealogy push.
SCHEMATIC · F&B LINE · REF DWG-FB-001
/S1–S4Hygienic / wet zone (IP69K)
/S5–S7Dry zone · EOL · palletize
/MESPackML · OEE · genealogy
/ERPSAP push · SSCC pallet
/04APPLICATIONS
Six application classes we deliver.
/APP-01
Filling, Capping & Labeling
Servo-coordinated primary packaging up to 1,200 BPM with reject and verify.
/APP-02
Cartoning & Case Packing
Continuous-motion cartoners and top/side-load case packers with quick changeover.
/APP-03
Robotic Palletizing
Mixed-SKU palletizing, tier and slip sheet handling, integrated stretch wrap.
/APP-04
Process · Batch · CIP
S88 recipes, validated CIP cycles, PMO-grade pasteurizer interlocks.
/APP-05
Vision · Checkweigh · X-ray
Inline QA with auto-reject confirmation and challenge-piece logging.
/APP-06
Lot Traceability & MES
Ingredient → batch → case → pallet genealogy with MES + ERP push.
/05ENGINEERING LIFECYCLE
From line audit to production release.
Five gates. Each gate produces a controlled deliverable signed under our quality system — including IQ / OQ / PQ and CIP validation.
01T+0
/DISCOVERY
Line Audit & ROI Model
DELIVERABLE
DOC-01 Line audit + ROI study
02T+3W
/DESIGN
Hygienic Design & URS
DELIVERABLE
DOC-02 Layout + I/O + sanitation plan
03T+10W
/BUILD
Panel Build & FAT
DELIVERABLE
DOC-03 FAT + UL/NFPA + 21 CFR 11
04T+14W
/QUALIFY
IQ / OQ / PQ + CIP Validation
DELIVERABLE
DOC-04 IQ-OQ-PQ + CIP report
05T+SAT
/RELEASE
SAT & Production Release
DELIVERABLE
DOC-05 SAT + handover + spares
/06FIELD REPORT
High-speed beverage line — 1,200 BPM.
A major beverage producer in Tennessee installed a new 1,200 BPM bottling line with equipment from six different OEMs. iAutomate owned the integration.
- Integración completa de llenado, empaque y paletizado
- Control de receta y lotes con trazabilidad
- Validación CIP y tiempos de limpieza
- Interlocks de calidad por estación
- Handover con documentación audit-ready
/RESULTSDOC · CASE-FB-014
METRICBEFOREAFTER
FPY de línea96.2%99.6%
Tiempo ciclo100%82% (-18%)
Desvío de loteBase-54%
"iAutomate coordinated 6 OEMs and delivered a line that exceeded every metric. They understand packaging."
/07SERVICE CATALOG
Food & Beverage Automation Services for High-Throughput Plants
/SVC-01
PLC & PackML
Line control, S88 recipes, OMAC PackML state model.
VER ESPEC
/SVC-02
Robotic Packaging
Palletizing, case packing, pick-and-place cells.
VER ESPEC
/SVC-03
Controles e Integración
VFDs, vision, safety and panels to UL 508A.
VER ESPEC
/SVC-04
Reubicación de Equipos
Move and re-qualify packaging and process lines.
VER ESPEC
/08FAQ
Preguntas frecuentes de automatización F&B.
Sí, planificamos ejecución por ventanas para no comprometer producción ni inocuidad.
Sí, integramos secuencias CIP y gestión de recetas con trazabilidad de lote.
Con diseño higiénico, control documental y captura de evidencias por lote.
Sí, con enfoque en estabilidad de ciclo, calidad y disponibilidad.
Sí, con integración de datos de producción y calidad a plataformas existentes.
/CTASIGUIENTE PASO
Ready to automate
your F&B line?
From single fillers to plant-wide PackML + MES rollouts. Hygienic by design. Talk to an F&B engineer this week. You can also review our PLC programming services, robot programming services, controls engineering services, and recent automation case studies.