PALpack Brings Smarter End-of-Line Automation to the UK with Spider Robots
Automation is transforming how food and drink manufacturers handle their end-of-line processes. From packing to palletising, intelligent robotic systems are helping businesses improve consistency, throughput, and workplace safety, whilst reducing operating costs.
Leading this transformation is Spider Robots, one of Europe’ s foremost suppliers of palletisers with more than 30 years’ experience in automatic packing and palletising lines. PALpack is proud to be the UK agent for Spider Robots, supplying fully integrated systems with comprehensive technical support and turnkey delivery.
Versatile packing and palletising systems
Spider Robots’ automation systems are designed for efficiency, flexibility, and ease of use. Built using high-end components, each machine is engineered for long-term reliability in demanding production environments.
Key features include:
• Modular construction – easily scaled from a single to multiple production lines
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• Quick change grippers: simply release four clamps to swap grippers, allowing one palletiser to handle multiple product types.
• Remote access and monitoring – built-in cameras store up to three months of footage for faster fault diagnosis
• Universal components – common motors and sensors minimise spares and simplify maintenance
Spider Robots are particularly well suited to food and beverage operations handling multiple product types, where flexibility, reliability, and hygiene are critical.
Modular systems engineered for efficiency and ease of use
Spider’ s modular palletiser design allows the system to serve a single production line or be extended to handle multiple lines within the same frame. When one head can manage several lines, a single unit is used; if higher throughput is required, additional robot gantries can be added to increase capacity.
This multi-line capability means multiple production lines can feed into a single palletiser system, providing an efficient setup that reduces footprint, maximises throughput, and scales easily.
With PALpack’ s turnkey capability, each system can be supplied as a complete line solution, including infeed conveyors, labelling, wrapping, and pallet outfeed, configured to fit your existing layout.
High-performance palletising systems
By replacing manual handling with robotic palletising, food and drink manufacturers can reduce labour requirements, improve accuracy, and keep pace with growing demand. Spider palletising systems, available through PALpack in the UK, can manage high volumes with minimal supervision.
Programming a new pallet pattern for a different pallet size or new product is straight forward. Through an intuitive animated interface, operators can create or modify pallet patterns directly on screen, with no specialist coding required. Once a configuration is saved, it can be recalled at any time, streamlining product changeovers and reducing downtime.