Safe and Efficient Box Cutting Solved
Safe and Efficient Box Opening
A dangerous process most have ignored for years.
What happens when workers are handed razor sharp knives to cut open hundreds of pallets of boxes? Eventually someone gets cut, sometimes badly. Repetitive motion such as lifting and cutting boxes causes disabling injuries. Box opening remains one of the most common and dangerous operations in industry.
Most dangerous and high labor repetitive operations have been automated or eliminated in today’s modern factories and distribution centers. However, most order fulfillment, bulk material processing and reverse logistics operations still depend on manual labor to de-stack and open boxes; billions worldwide each year.
Many companies have long since implemented various safety oriented programs to address safety, but none remedy both safety in cutting boxes open and in lifting.
Stop box knife injures now! Cornerstone Automation Systems is the pioneer in box opening safety. ABOT™ (automatic box opening technology) is a fully programmable carton opening system capable of removing the top from cartons automatically. ABOT-ONE opens up to 600 cartons per hour, while ABOT-DUO opens up to 1000 cartons per hour. Speed will greatly depend on the size of box, cut depth, and other variables, which alter cut times.
The flexible design allows for automatic height and carton ID detection, enabling ABOT to adjust opening methodology by carton dimensions or optional barcode and RF tag scanning. State of the art sensors combined with CASI’s patented software and controls provide a most flexible and dynamic industry leading solution.
Advanced Applications
ABOT expanded capabilities include applications for automatic case extraction. ABOT ACE is a system designed to automatically index full cases or bags, cut tops, remove contents, and dispose of the carton and inner lining. CASI is the only company offering a standard system that performs all of these tasks with applications such as mixing ingredients, depalletising/repalletising cases, as well as other food and custom solutions.
ABOT ACE can empty contents into hoppers, bins, super sacks, and conveyors. ACE separates liners and disposes of corrugate and plastic separately and automatically.
Boxes may be opened by cutting tape seals, removing tops, and by cutting inner liners. ABOT ACE will remove the top then open the liner inside; allowing the contents to be poured from the case. ACE is flexible with programming to remove the liner with the contents then separating the liner from the contents.
ABOT ACE can pour many types of contents in a controlled flow at varying levels up to nine feet. This process automatically fills super sacks without need of conveyors or hoppers.
ABOT ACE has options for food grade rated and IP 67 wash down capability. The ABOT cutter is available in IP 65 and stainless construction.
About CASI
Cornerstone Automation Systems provides end-to-end fulfillment systems including receiving, putaway, order picking, and end of line processes for scanning, weigh in motion, print/apply, and shipping/manifest systems. Our modular approach allows maximum flexibility to integrate to current systems and processes or provide standalone systems to address a specific need. As your needs evolve, so does your system. CASI provides full in-house manufacturing and testing before a system is shipped so customers are able to see everything in operation before it is delivered and commissioned onsite.
Software is the heart of automation, and CASI has developed SolidSuite™; a suite of modules that provide unsurpassed performance and serve as the foundation of our industry leading solutions. Based on Microsoft SQL/.Net platform, it is designed, written and supported by CASI in-house, US, UK, and Australia based engineers. With hundreds of successful installations worldwide, SolidSuite offers features unmatched by our competition.
