Customized Robotic
Loading Solutions
for Portioned Food
ELCAT designs customized robotic loading solutions for portioned food products, developed to meet specific product-handling, orientation and tray-positioning requirements.
Our systems combine delta, SCARA or anthropomorphic robots, tailor-made grippers, product alignment and vision technologies to automatically pick, orient and position food portions into trays or thermoformed packs.
Delta Robot Modules
for Food Loading
Our customized loading systems can integrate delta robots for high-speed food pick-and-place operations, ensuring precise transfer of portions from conveyors into trays or thermoformed packs.
During the loading process, the robots can pick, rotate, orient and position each food portion according to the required packaging configuration.
Tailor-Made Grippers
for Food Products
Tailor-made grippers for food products are engineered according to the shape, dimensions, consistency and handling requirements of each portion.
Depending on the application, our grippers can pick, reshape, orient and position food products in three dimensions — length, width and height — to achieve the required presentation and packaging configuration.
Cheese Sticks
& Sausages
Multi-Portion
Specific Grippers
Multi-portion grippers for cheese sticks use a handling concept similar to that developed for sausages and other elongated food products, allowing multiple portions to be picked simultaneously.
The system can pick, group, orient and position multiple cheese sticks or sausages at the same time into trays or thermoformer cavities, ensuring precise loading patterns and high production rates.
Burgers & Patties
Multi-Portion
Specific Grippers
Designed for delicate products, customized grippers for burgers and patties ensure reliable handling while preserving product shape and integrity throughout the loading process.
Products can be picked, oriented and precisely positioned into trays or thermoformed packs, according to the required arrangement and packaging configuration.
Ossobuco and Steak
Secific Grippers
Dedicated grippers for ossobuco and steaks handle irregularly shaped meat portions and ensure accurate positioning during automatic loading.
The grippers can pick, orient and precisely position individual meat portions into trays or thermoformed packs, adapting to different product shapes, sizes and packaging configurations.
Mozzarella & Cheese Blocks
High-Speed
Gentle Handling Grippers
Designed for soft and delicate cheese products, customized grippers for mozzarella and cheese blocks ensure gentle handling without damaging, deforming or compressing the product.
The system combines gentle product handling with high-speed multi-portion loading, picking multiple cheese portions simultaneously and precisely positioning them into thermoformer cavities while maintaining product integrity and high production rates.