Robotic Palletizing
Palletizing refers to the act of placing products on a pallet for shipment or storage in logistics-supply chains. Ideally, the pallet is stacked in an order that maximizes the amount of product in the load in weight and volume, while being stable enough to prevent products from slipping, tipping over or crushing each other. Currently, most palletizing applications are performed by hand. However, this job is a heavy and tiring job that is not very suitable for human health, and therefore it has become difficult to find workers to work in this field.
Many factories and facilities today have automated their applications with some form of palletizing robot solution. Robotic palletizing technology provides greater flexibility to run products longer, increasing productivity and profitability.
A robot control system with built-in palletizing functionality makes it possible to load and unload an object without the need for manpower. Robotic work cells can be integrated into any system.
The products to be palletized are fed into the robot cell via the feeding conveyor system. A pallet is deposited into the pallet loading area by an automatic pallet dispenser or palletizing robot. The robot picks up one or more items at a time and then quickly and accurately places them on a pallet.
The pattern is created layer by layer, if necessary, using slip or layer sheets. After loading is complete, the pallet is removed from the robot cell via the output conveyor for stretch wrapping or other further processing. The palletizer robot repeats the process with a new pallet.
Robotic palletizing systems can be designed to palletize a wide variety of products:
Standard applications: crates, mixed pallets or bags, sacks, flour and pulses, food, cement, chemical industry.
Unique, special needs: scrap, metal, batteries and other heavy/hazardous materials.
Apps
Crate, Row and Full Layer Palletizing : Lots of different crates in different shapes, sizes, weights and materials, including robots, corrugated boxes, plastic cartons, and aluminum or metal cartons
Bag Palletizing: When palletizing bags, optional equipment for checkweighing, bag flattening, bag labeling or bag squaring can be integrated before the palletizing cell to reduce ordering errors and increase load stability. Arm end tools with a typical cage gripper are used to pick up bags without puncturing. An interlocking stacking pattern and layered sheets can be applied to the load to increase load stability.
Custom Palletizing Solutions: Our engineers provide custom robotic palletizing solutions for a variety of demanding applications, such as harsh environments such as cold stores and difficult to handle, heavy and hazardous products such as scrap metal and batteries.
