Houdijk North America, Inc.

The COOKIEBOT robotic pick-and-place system from Houdijk offers unmatched flexibility and efficiency for high-speed cookie/biscuit packaging lines. Designed to handle randomly supplied baked products of varying types, sizes, and shapes, it can be configured with patented SLUG GRIPPER or VACU GRIPPER technology to form slugs, piles, or individual units—with or without trays—and enables quick changeovers between formats. Delivering over 99% overall efficiency with just one supervisor, the COOKIEBOT XP integrates a PFM™ flow-wrapper and patented box motion cross seal unit to achieve speeds up to 300 packs per minute. Its toolless, Poka Yoke-designed change parts ensure rapid, error-free setup. Modular options such as INFLOW BUFFER and FLOWMASTER allow multiple COOKIEBOT legs to be seamlessly combined, while design variants like the XP with XTS, VF with vision-guided Virtual Flightbar, and FP with fixed pitch address a range of packaging needs. Suitable for primary and secondary packaging, the system also comes in a hygienic washdown version.

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Houdijk’s capping and depositing equipment for cookie assembly is designed to precisely sandwich or top cookies at high throughput. The Houdijk Capper Mark II handles round, square, and rectangular shapes on 1200 mm or 1600 mm belts, achieving up to 250 base-cake or 125 sandwich rows per minute depending on product geometry. The more powerful Mark III steps up to 1600 mm or 1800 mm widths and delivers up to 360 base-cake and 180 sandwich rows per minute. Both models accommodate product sizes from 25 mm up to 130 mm for rectangular shapes, with a minimum thickness of 2.5 mm. Designed with full-option execution, they ensure consistent placement of creams, fillings, or toppings, and offer flexible belt sizing to support a variety of cookie assembly formats while maintaining hygienic, high-speed production.

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Houdijk designs and delivers integrated cookie and biscuit handling solutions that seamlessly stack, buffer, cool and convey at high speeds. Standard manipulation lines transfer products from flat to continuous stacks at more than 1,000 pieces per minute per lane, guiding each row with precision side rails. For demanding count-pack operations, the servo-driven SKIPPER gently lifts individual cookies/biscuits from a vertical magazine with stop-and-go discs, combining exceptional throughput with the industry’s highest efficiency and minimal breakage. Downstream, the Inflow Buffer’s U-shaped FIFO conveyor cools products and absorbs line stoppages; its movable 180-degree curve automatically expands or contracts to maintain flow, protecting product integrity and preventing cascade delays. Together these modular systems safeguard quality while maximizing line productivity across bakery, confectionery and snack plants.

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Houdijk offers high‑speed flow‑wrapping systems tailored for cookie/biscuit lines. Highlighted is the flow wrapping system that is integrated into Houdijk’s COOKIEBOT XP robotic cookie pick-and-place system, which includes a patented box‑motion cross‑seal unit that delivers up to 300 packs per minute, ensuring rapid and reliable packaging. Another available system available through Gradomatic is the Flex Wrap, designed for slug loading of biscuits—either directly into flow‑packs or trays. It uses a slug‑counting system (SLUGMASTER) that gently forms product groups and feeds them into the cross‑positioned Flex Wrap, achieving over 300 packs per minute per unit. Both systems support versatile, high‑throughput operations with minimal changeovers and are optimized for flexible packaging formats in demanding production environments.

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Houdijk’s conveyor and accumulation systems form the critical link between oven output and packaging, delivering smooth, high-speed product handling. Their conveyors feature independent drives per section to ensure synchronization, accessibility, and ergonomic efficiency, and are engineered for gentle handling and easy cleaning. Accumulation buffers, including vibratory, inflow, and tray buffers such as FIFO Tray Buffer, absorb downstream stoppages and maintain line efficiency by providing temporary storage between processes. Systems integrate vision-backed monitoring to track product flow, detect shortages or jams, and support rapid, tool-free changeovers according to Poka-Yoke principles. The modular, hygienic design offers flexibility for future expansions, minimizing manning and maximizing throughput to keep biscuit and cookie lines running reliably from oven to wrapper.

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Houdijk’s Plastic Tray Denester is integrated with a Carton Tray Erector as a high-speed automated system designed to handle both plastic and carton trays in bakery and snack packaging lines such as cookies/biscuits. It accurately denests or erects trays and delivers them into the production flow with precision, reducing manual labor and improving line efficiency. The system is engineered for continuous operation and quick changeovers, allowing flexibility across a range of tray formats. With hygienic design and PLC-controlled reliability, it integrates seamlessly with upstream and downstream equipment. This solution enhances consistency, minimizes downtime, and supports high-volume production environments with rigorous hygiene and performance standards.

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The Vision Selector from Royal Houdijk is a high-speed, inline system designed for individual product inspection and rejection, ensuring only products that meet strict quality standards proceed downstream. Using a proprietary 3D color vision system, it evaluates each item for shape, size, height, position, and color, with defective products automatically removed through precise, unit-level rejection. The system’s inspection and rejection capabilities are guided by proprietary design and execution, offering unmatched accuracy and reliability. It can be tailored with optional inspection tools for surface defects, color anomalies, or positioning issues. The Vision Selector not only safeguards downstream machinery but also provides valuable defect data that can be integrated with MES systems for real-time insights, supporting continuous improvement and enhanced line efficiency in high-throughput environments.

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