
Get more out of your palletizer
The variety of today’s products increasingly pushes existing palletizers to their limits. So the challenge is to get more out of your palletizer. Where packs of 2 × 6 cans or bottles used to be handled, now packs of 8, 12 or 24 items shall now be palletized. Further, the pallet formats are changed as well. The obvious solution would be to invest in a new palletizer, which is an expensive and often avoidable solution. Because there is an economical alternative: Relieve your palletizer with prepared layer patterns.
Extend the run-time of your palletizer
So simply keep your palletizer with the help of our systems. Our distribution system arranges the products in advance in a two- or multi-lane layer pattern so that the palletizer can process new formats as he handles the old and familiar ones. Further, our distribution regularly operates as a sorting device, rejecting faulty packs onto an additional lane. Here you see high-speed distribution of beer packs from one to three lanes.
Then our system aligns the products length- or crosswise. After that distribution and turning process, each product comes to the palletizer correctly placed and oriented. All this is done in a fairly short distance.
How distribution and turning systems increase production
The servo technology of our systems for distributing and turning the products avoids the performance-reducing start and stop operation between packer and palletizer. The quick handling of small packs makes up for the time lost in the product-friendly and correspondingly slower distribution and rotation of large packs. This is how our technology optimizes the interaction of packer and palletizer.
The control of our systems also contributes to a better production flow. The changeover of the products or layer patterns takes place automatically via a cross-signal connection based on previously set data.
Simple retrofit, needs little space
Our distribution and turning systems can be easily retrofitted. They require little space and can be adapted to all common conveyor types and heights. They have a modular structure and are correspondingly versatile. Our distribution often works space-saving with a pendulum board above the conveyor system, which avoids costly alterations.
During turning, sensitive products are packed on both sides in a turning tunnel that is guided to the product from above and moved gently, matching the conveyor speed. As the following video shows, our space-saving rotating board is sufficient for low speeds and variable product formats.
As the next video of our distribution and turning system at the Heineken brewery shows, we achieve significantly higher performance with a turnstile processing up to 9,600 units per hour.
You will note from the references below, we helped to extend the runtime of existing palletizers and optimize the production at several applications:
Distribution only | Product | User |
1 → 2 lanes & sort out of faulty crates to 3rd lane | beer crate | Carlsberg Brewery Hamburg/Germany |
1 → 2 lanes | crate mineral water | Fachinger Mineralbrunnen/Germany |
1 → 2 lanes | beer crate | Schultheiss Brewery Berlin |
1 → 2 lanes & sort out of faulty crates to 3rd lane | beer crate | Veltins Brewery |
1 → 2 lanes | Shrink pack and Carton | C&D Food Netherlands |
1 → 2 lanes | beer crate | Heineken France |
1 → 2 lanes to even out workload | Carton | Lech Browary Poland |
1 → 2 lanes | Shrink pack | Coca-Cola |
2 → 3 lanes | Six-pack | Martens Brewery Belgium |
2 → 3 lanes | Shrinkpack | Radlberger Juices Austria |
2 → 3 lanes | Shrinkpack | Radegast Czech Republic |
1 → 2 & 1 → 3 lanes | Pack | Tassoni Italy |
Distribution and turning
Task | Product | User |
1 → 2 lane distribution, then turning | Carton | Heineken Netherlands |
1 → 2 lane distribution due to selected layer pattern, then turning | Packs with sugar | Tereos France |
Turning, then 1 → 2 lane distribution | Wrap around pack | Ottakringer Brewery, Austria |
Turning, then 1 → 2 lane distribution | Shrinkpack | Pepsico |
Turning to create layer pattern
Turning only | Product | User |
due to layer pattern | Crate | Danone Duisburg, Germany |
due to layer pattern | Crate | Auburgquelle Wagenfeld |
due to layer pattern | Crate | Rheinfelsquelle Mineral water, Germany |
due to layer pattern | Crate | Berglandmilch Dairy, Austria |
due to layer pattern | Crate with juice bottles | Garcia Carrion, Spain |
due to layer pattern | Carton with wine bottles | Reh Kendermann, Germany |
due to layer pattern | Carton | Henkel, France |
always turn | carton | Pilsen, Czech Republic |
always turn | Wraparound pack | Unicer, Portugal |
due to layer pattern | Shrink pack | Brandenburger Urstromquelle Baruth, Germany |
always turn | Shrink pack with cans | Mackle Pet Food, Ireland |
due to layer pattern | Tray | Göpper Eystrup Jam, Denmark |
Further information → Distribution in general → Distribution of beverage shrink packs→ 90° rotation → Rotating system for sensitive cartons