Many factories, food processing and palletising plants have automated their applications with a palletising robot. This trend will continue with the speeds and flexibility that robotics offer.
Robotic palletising technology systems increase productivity and profitability, allowing more flexibility to run products for longer periods of time.
An expert in the latest technology in palletising systems is South Australian based company Hot Melt Packaging Systems Pty Ltd (HMPS).
HMPS is a specialist in the development and manufacture of quality high-value machinery for the automation of carton packaging processes.
Working with Euroimpianti, an Italian company producer of highly reliable and high performance robotic palletising system and laser guided vehicles; HMPS builds custom made solutions appropriate to requirements.
The two companies design and build integrated handling and palletising systems which optimises space and productivity.
Euroimpianti has over thirty years experience in end-of-line automation which has led to the creation of one of its most popular palletising system, the Skilled ANT101.
This model is a very simple palletising robot, has a modular construction and can be adapted to any pre-existing product conveyor and packaging line.
The Skilled ANT101 is a fully automatic, compact line of dedicated palletisers, which remove the need for conveying to a centralised palletising area and enable independence of production lines.
The Cartesian structured robot with 4 degrees of freedom, houses one or two palletising stations and one pick-up conveyor.
Its pick-up station conveyor has sloping rollers in order to guide and centre the cases prior to pick and place palletising.
The adjustable pick-up gripper of mechanical or venturi vacuum style equipped with anti-collision safety device provides the most flexible and reliable pick and place operation.
Together with the palletising systems, Euroimpianti Skilled LGV is a Laser Guided Vehicle system which completes the ‘end of line’ automation.
The laser guiding system is similar to an “eye”.
Reflectors are positioned on the walls and a “triangle” reading method learns the exact position of the vehicle to carry out the appropriate operations necessary to move around the area.
The position of the vehicle is updated 20 times a second to ensure a high precision degree. A sophisticated filtering system intercepts any bad reflectors due to other sources (ie. windows or bright walls) and decides to exclude them for the calculation of the positions.
The security class 1 laser ray is harmless to people and not visible with the naked eye. The advantages of a Skilled LGV includes no floor-works required (cutting, magnetic tape, coloured tapes, etc.), and the change of path of the vehicles is extremely easy and is carried out via CAD system.
Robotics are not only used for palletising but also for de-palletising.
One of the main producers of confectionary in Belgium purchased 4 palletising cells from Euroimpianti to automate 9 production lines.
To solve the customer's end-of line problems, two systems with robot Skilled 504 were integrated to de-palletise and palletise crates.
The robot Skilled 504 de-palletises pallets loaded with empty plastic crates by picking four crates up at a time with a special gripper, and then delivering them to a filling line.
The crates filled with candies are then conveyed to the Skilled 504 to be palletised. The de-palletised empty pallets are re-cycled and delivered via a transfer station from the de-palletising to the palletising station.
Euroimpianti has reached a leader position in providing solutions for material handling to many of the world’s largest companies, who trusted in its technology toallowing important cost saving targets to be achieved.
Over 1500 successful robots have been installed worldwide. They work with many sectors including food, chemical, electrical, paper and tobacco.
HMPS is an exclusive agent in Australia to Euroimpianti Skilled products.
HMPS Engineers work with Euroimpianti during set up and programming to ensure the most comprehensive knowledge of the system and controlling software.
For further information on phone: 08 8150 1000, or email: mark@hmps.com.au
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