Machine vision & insights

Maximize end-of-line efficiency with data and vision solutions

Ranpak Automation offers a data-based approach to solving warehouse challenges. Our solutions include machine vision and AI enabled tools, giving you insights into the performance of automation systems, productivity and uptime, and the flow of goods through the end-of-line packaging process. Ranpak leverages powerful data analysis to support site design, minimize corrugated spend, and reduce split shipments. When combined with vision and data tools, real-time analytics and quality assurance create a strong platform for long term improvement and a path to unrivaled ROI.

Amazing things happen when vision and intelligence come together

Optimize packaging performance

After calculating the optimal packaging configurations and box footprints, machine vision keeps watch over productivity while AI and analytics tools continue to observe, learn, and improve.

Improve uptime and throughput

Compound on the investment in packaging automation with systems that prevent costly jams and reroute mispacked or out of spec boxes before they create issues. Then, analyze captured data to address the root causes.

Unlock unrivaled ROI

Packaging automation streamlines manual touchpoints in the warehouse and significantly increases packaging speed. When paired with an up-front analysis to determine optimal solutions and configurations, with machine vision providing quality control, time to return on investment is dramatically shortened.

DecisionTower™

DecisionTower™ applies a unique combination of 2D and 3D AI-supported computer vision technology for a variety of insightful tasks, including quality control and capturing order insights.

DecisionTower™ is capable of identifying mispacked or out of spec boxes and rerouting them to a manual triage lane, turning unplanned work and potential downstream solution jams and disruptions into planned work.

DecisionTower™ captures order contents, helping to solve issues related to order verification and loss prevention as well as provide a valuable data source for verifying packaging quality.

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Precube’it!™

Precube’it!™ is Ranpak’s proprietary data master and cartonization software. This solution uses historical site order data to simulate machine utilization and box fill rates for future scenarios, amongst its other capabilities. It also consolidates and optimizes the range of box sizes required to be maintained on site, reducing the amount of corrugated material required by choosing the right design and size boxes for each parcel. It can also be utilized to reduce the number of split shipments.

Precube’it!™ supports actionable insights in an analysis that is much more precise than other tools that typically calculate using liquid volume. Because it leverages actual dimensional data for products rather than liquid volumes, it can account for configurations including nesting and packaging a mix of flexible and rigid products.

Ranpak Connect

Ranpak Connect works in conjunction with Ranpak’s Cut’it!™ EVO automated height-reduction machine, providing a detailed overview of machine utilization and performance in daily reporting on parameters including uptime and downtime root causes. The system is a powerful add on that can complement the data gathering capabilities of an integrated camera in the machine. Connect supports machine performance analysis and identifies training and maintenance needs before escalation is required.

Connect is a valuable source of insights that complements the core functionality of Ranpak’s Cut’it! EVO solution. It offers the ability to collect actionable insights that further enhance the benefits of automation over time.