The art of creating stable stacks
Whether you are palletising
bags, pouches, cartons, boxes,
pails, buckets or drums, the ultimate stability of your stack is
paramount.
Of course, you want to be an efficient operation and getting as
much product onto the pallet as
possible within the appropriate
weight and height limits plays a
part in this, but not at the detriment of other people’s safety.
Outside of these primary aims,
other factors to consider are
bar code scanning or the ease of
picking or de-packing the stack
by the customer.
Leaving gaps between boxes can
help to create a stable stack, and
an automated programme can
do this repetitive task consistently. Retailers are also calling
for more mixed pallet loads in an
effort to pare down stockroom
inventories.
A robot can be configured to
differentiate light from heavy
packages, which means they can
palletise a variety of case sizes of
products on one pallet without
compromising the stability.
base pallet load being sufficiently strong to carry the load of the
pallet above.
The weight of the upper pallet
must be evenly shared by all
sides of the bottom stack, which
articulated robotic arms can successfully accomplish.
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There’s also an emerging trend
for the double stacking of palletised loads. Although this technique increases your storage
capacity, to do double stacking
successfully depends upon the
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The Pacepacker brand has a rich history
spanning 40 years in the design and manufacture
of automatic packing systems.
This includes pick and place solutions, sack
placers, weighing machines, bagging systems,
stitchers, heat sealers and robot palletising
systems for companies working in materials
handling (animal feed, aggregates, potatoes,
grain etc.) and the food industry. For over 15
years, Pacepacker has worked as a system
integrator, supplying FANUC robots as part of an
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