Palletizer

Manually placing boxes on pallets can be time consuming and expensive; it can also put unusual stress on workers.

This palletizer type utilizes a continuous motion flow divider that guides the goods into the desired area on the layer forming platform.

The end of arm tooling has evolved in recent years to accommodate a variation of pack pattern and package types.

Although widespread applications in logistics exist, it remains a challenging problem, and stacking of mixed size products still largely involves manual labour.

Mixed case palletizing is subject to additional challenges as it not only requires robotics to grab the oncoming item i.e., determine the position of the product and robot kinematics to actually pick it up, but also to determine the size and optimal placement position on the pallet.