Two FANUC robots are helping
European foam products
manufacturer, Recticel BV, to
automate production of its new
Polygrow products which provide a
substrate for the growth of plants.

Products comprise two foam
elements: Grow Block, a 65mm cube
with a recess for plant plugs; and a
Plate, a 0.9 to 1.33m length of foam
wrapped in foil onto which the Grow
Blocks are placed when plants are
established. Abar Automation, strategic
partner of FANUC, carried out trials
of handling the plates and FANUC
robots were subsequently selected for
collation of plates and palletising.