Mold cavity layout and quantity can be designed to allow easier robotic box or fixture loading. If the shipping container or fixture is defined, design the mold with an even increment of that container. For example, a box holds 40 parts,

design the mold with 10, 20, 40, 80 cavities. Forty-eight cavities doesn’t work, a queue station and an external accumulating device will be required adding, cost and complexity along with using additional valuable floor space. Cavity layout also will help with loading a box with parts. Design the mold with part orientation in mind for pack-out.

A boxing conveyor can be used to pack parts unattended from 30 minutes to eight hours. Empty boxes are moved to a loading area, clamped and robotically filled. Then full boxes roll out past the safety guarding and accumulate on a gravity roller conveyor.