KUKA develops custom made software for Groba
However, automation at Dupont Cheese was not an easy task for machine builder Groba. They had to consider the limited space and the operational management that had to make it possible for the installation to run 24/7. Another important point of attention is that cheese is a natural product and therefore not every cheese is the same. Robot supplier KUKA has its own engineering department and therefore also the knowledge to find solutions for such challenges. For this specific application KUKA has developed the KUKA.DeCrust software. Each cheese is scanned in 3D by different laser scanners. This scan creates a point cloud that is read by the software KUKA.DeCrust. The software will then determine the different paths that the robot arm has to follow in order to derind the cheese as efficiently as possible. The software has been developed in such a way that Dupont Cheese can easily set its own recipes. For this automation Dupont Cheese does not need any extra, external hardware. The complete application runs on the KUKA robot controller.