Robotic Palletizing

Palletizing robots provide a flexible, cost effective alternative to manual and mechanical pallet building. Robots can process multiple in-feed conveyors and handle a variety of container types for homogenous or mixed pallet building. Effective in reducing labor and maintenance costs, this end-of-line robotic solution can add profit to the company’s bottom-line.

  • Applications
  • Benefits
  • Features
  • How It Works

  • Robots can palletize a variety of container types with varying shape, size, and weight. Typical applications include:

    • CASES –such as corrugated boxes, plastic cartons, metal or aluminum cartons
    • BAGS – such as rice, corn, animal feed, coffee, salt, etc.
    • BULK PRODUCTS – such as automotive batteries, bricks, glass or plastic bottles, containers, etc.
    • FULL LAYER –Pick and palletize an entire layer of product in a single cycle utilizing special accumulation conveyors

  • Robots used in palletizing applications have many benefits over manual palletizing as well as &high level) palletizing. These include:

    • Handle multiple in-feed conveyors simultaneously with one palletizing robot
    • High load capacity – typically 220 – 660 lbs, robots are available with 1600 - 2200 lb payloads
    • Automatic product change over
    • Flexibility – easily adapt to add new products and/or pallet patterns
    • Smaller footprint than uses less space
    • Reduced labor – Typically 1 – 3 people/shift
    • Reduces human injuries
    • Low Maintenance – Mean Time Between Failure ~75,000 hr
    • Easily reconfigured and re-deployed as needed
    • Capable of palletizing a-typical products (55-gal drums, round plastic containers, bricks, bottles, etc.)
    • Easy integration with pallet dispensers, pallet stackers, in-feed conveyors, pallet conveyors, etc.
    • Vision system capabilities
    • Capable of running in extreme environments
    • Design, programming, controls, and manufacturing is all done in-house
    • Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) before shipping

  • Bags, boxes, or containers are fed via conveyor into the robotic palletizing cell. The palletizing robot picks one or multiple containers then orients and places them on a pallet according to a preprogrammed stacking pattern. Pallets are bult layer by layer until completed. Completed pallets are transferred via conveyor to printing and/or stretch wrapping stations for subsequent processing. Custom tooling allows robots the flexibility to handle pallets, slip sheets and tier sheets for complete automatic pallet building.

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