JLS recently debuted its hygienic Harrier Bacon Draft Loading System.
The Harrier is a revolutionary bacon draft loading system and automatically loads fresh sliced retail bacon drafts into thermoformers. This new highly-automated system replaces the typical complex series of conveyors and devices that are often used for this process while helping solve labor gaps. A patent-pending robotic gripper end-of-arm tool prefolds a flat bacon L-board flap utilizing a combination of linear servo actuators. The folded draft is then rotated 180 degrees and articulated down into the thermoformer pocket. Drafts can also be loaded onto a pattern loading board of a thermoformer designed for fresh retail bacon packaging. The system also has a surge capacity of 20 percent.