One cell for the variable, hand-fed work on the line.
Relling automates the variable, hand-fed handling on food and beverage lines -- deformable products and washdown hygiene that fixed robots can't accommodate.
The work is changing faster than you can staff it.
The dexterous, high-mix, contact-rich jobs are exactly the work classical automation was never built to hold — and the people who used to absorb it are getting harder to find.
Labor walks off cold lines
Cold, wet, repetitive food jobs see the highest churn on the floor. Recruiting and retraining for chilled rooms and night shifts is constant overhead, and unfilled seats throttle throughput on perishable product that cannot wait.
Traceability is now mandatory
FSMA 204 and retailer mandates push lot-level traceability, date coding, and allergen control deep into the line. Consistent, recorded handling and labeling turns audits and recalls from a scramble into a logged, defensible record.
High mix kills fixed lines
Private label, seasonal SKUs, and constant pack changes make hard-tooled lines uneconomical. Software reconfiguration per product absorbs changeover without retooling, keeping a single cell productive across a catalog that keeps growing.
The contact-rich jobs on a food & beverage line.
One cell, reconfigured per part — not a new machine for every job on the floor.
Tray loading
Place soft or irregular product into trays, clamshells, and cartons at line rate.
Portioning
Weigh and divide bulk product into target-weight portions, trimming giveaway.
Case packing
Pack bottles, pouches, and trays into cases and dividers without crushing.
Depalletizing
Break down incoming pallets of ingredients, cans, and packaging onto the line.
Palletizing
Stack finished cases into stable, labeled pallets ready for cold storage.
Date and label
Apply date codes, lot labels, and allergen tags with traceable accuracy.
One cell. Assembly, inspection, finishing.
Qualified off-site. Running in two weeks.
The slow, hard engineering happens on our floor — so the cell arrives tested and dialed in instead of tying up your team for months. A new part is a reconfiguration, not a rebuild.
- 01ScopePart, takt, fixturing, and safety boundary fixed upfront.
- 02Pre-buildCell built and tuned at Relling HQ, not your line.
- 03ConfigureSized and fixtured to your exact part.
- 04QualifyProven safe and capable before it ships.
- 05PilotFirst production run on your line.
- 06ProductionRunning the work, shift after shift.
- 07FleetAdd cells as the work pays for them.
Everything arrives in one qualified unit.
Arm, sensing, tooling, software, and safety, selected for your part and qualified as a set.
Manipulator & end-effector
Arm and tooling selected for your part, qualified as a set.
Closed-loop vision
Finds the part, adjusts in real time, verifies its own work.
Skill library & runtime
A new part is a reconfiguration, not a rebuild.
Safety & technician interface
Guarding sized to your floor, failures explained in plain language.
Will it fit your aisle? Yes.
Representative configuration. Final specs are issued with the proposal.
The Food & Beverage brief.
A deeper look at the work, the integration path, and how qualification maps to your process. PDF, 2026.
Bring a Relling workcell to your floor.
We started Relling to help American manufacturers make more of what this country needs. We'll scope a single cell to your parts, qualify it before it ships, and stand behind it on your floor.
