Problem: A large English commercial bakery decorates cakes with written messages iced on the top - a task generally undertaken by skilled staff, trained to maintain a consistent high standard of work. During seasonal holiday periods consumer demand for these decorated cakes increases fourfold. Training of additional staff to cope with the expanded demand while still maintaining high levels of quality takes a significant period of time and so volume planning is critical. Solution: System Devices, the EPSON Robots agent for the UK, worked with Integrated Dispensing Systems to design and build a robotic cake decorating cell that solved the problem. The cell used an EPSON SCARA robot equipped with an IDS stainless steel 2200-245-Series KISSTM Tip Seal Valve. Cakes are fed to

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