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Palletizing Robotic palletizing has become the method of choice for manufacturers who need to maintain flexibility to deal with market and product changes. By placing a robot at the heart of your palletizing system, you get a fast, efficient device with few limitations.
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Product & Grippers Types Pallet Patterns Off-Line Programming Product Infeed Pallet Infeed Dunnage Infeed Depalletizing Create a Shopable Pallet
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Cases The sealed cardboard case is the traditional product palletized. The rectangular shape makes for easy conveying, gripping and stacking into a variety of patterns. Cases are typically gripped using vacuum tools that grip by the top of the case. These vacuum tools can be simple, single case grippers or can be zoned to allow pick-up of multiple cases but drop them off one-by-one.
Upside Down & Open Cases These case configurations that defy handling in the traditional manner. Using vacuum grippers on the top of the case is not possible.
Clever, custom designed grippers are required to handle these cases without losing or damaging product. The transfer and stacking of these case types are proven and practical. Please contact us to see the solutions available.
Irregular Parts Our robot systems can form palletized loads for many different product types. The flexibility of the robotic arm combined with a custom-designed robot gripper can move and stack almost anything. A few examples of irregular parts that can be robotically palletized:
Palletizing parts that aren't cardboard cases usually requires a mechanical gripper of some type. The mechanism will vary based on the object to be handled, but is always designed using a maximum of off-the-self components to minimize cost and reduce maintenance headaches.
Dunnage Grippers for slip-sheets or plastic trays can be incorporated into the end-of-arm tool. This gripper retracts during stacking and extends to allow handling of the dunnage between layers.
Pallets The empty pallets can be handled by the robot as well. A retractable gripping mechanism is added to the end-of-arm tool to allow wooden or plastic pallets to be moved from a pallet infeed to the stacking location. This can save a tremendous amount of money and space compared to the conveyors and transfers traditionally used.
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The robotic palletizer is capable of producing an infinite variety of palletizing patterns. The patterns are driven by your shipping needs and can be varied based on the product being palletized. A color touch screen is provided with most palletizing systems. The touch screen allows the operator to select between pre-programmed products and patterns. Pallet and slip-sheet can be altered if necessary. A visual representation of the pattern is displayed.
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For applications where the product and pattern is unpredictable and continuously changing, off-line programming tools are available. This software allows the creation of the pallet pattern on a PC without interrupting the operation of the system. A new pattern can be downloaded and, after verification, put into production immediately.
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Conveyors A variety of conveyor types are available based on the type of part to be transported. These include roller, belt and plastic chain. The conveyors are fully integrated with the palletizing system for reliable operation.
Case Flippers For applications requiring palletizing of upside-down cases, Progressive Systems offers an inline case flipper. This device meshes with roller conveyor and can be placed anywhere on your infeed line.
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Progressive Systems palletizing solutions use the robot to move the pallet to the stacking position, saving the cost & space associated with conveying the pallet to the load position. Empty pallets can be introduced into the system via a traditional pallet dispenser or as a stack of pallets on a conveyor. In the latter case, the robot picks from the top of the stack of pallets and follows the stack down until empty.
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When your palletizing task includes dunnage between layers, our robots can handle it. The robot will pick and place a slip-sheet, plastic tray or other dunnage as part of its programmed operation. The dunnage can be introduced to the robot in manually loaded racks or transferred to the robot as a stack on a conveyor.
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The same methods and technology used in our palletizing solutions can be applied to depalletizing. Let our robot break down your palletized load and distribute your product as you require.
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Is a retailer for your product demanding that you supply a mixed pallet of your product for placement directly into their store? We can combine Depalletizing and Palletizing into a single robot system to "shuffle the deck". Product from multiple single-product pallets can be combined onto one mixed pallet for shipment to your retailer. The amount of each product on the mixed pallet is variable based on customer demands. This system can sit in your warehouse distribution facility to mix the pallets just-in-time. |
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