It is possible to supply 60 unmixed, loaded source pallets to the working area of the heavy-duty area gantry robot installed with this customer at the same time. The pallets are channelled in via a transverse shuttle installed at the side of the system, on a total of 15 driven pallet roller conveyors. With a range of approx. 400 articles, the company uses 12 different types of packaging (e.g. crates, cardboard packaging, open and film-wrapped trays, etc.). The robot now performs the layer-based order picking of the target/customer pallets according to specifications from the customer’s master computer. With a layer weight of up to 280kg, the system facilitates a repacking output of approx. 180 layers/h. At the same time, the robot collects the cleared empty pallets (4 different formats) and stacks these in a separate storage space at a speed of up to 60 units/h.
The picked and finished customer pallets leave the system via an automatic pallet wrapper with downstream pallet labelling system.
