Fully automatic palletising and truck-loading system
Automatic truck loading - Traditional pallet conveyors - 15678 Project principles
The full cases from the two filling lines are transportedsimultaneously to a C5002 palletiser by means of an
ingenious logistics system. The palletiser starts as soon as
enough cases for a complete pallet load have been
accumulated on the two feeder
conveyors, and the correct
palletising pattern is set automatically. The fully-stacked
pallet is transported to the accumulator section
automatically after a load has been formed. The integration
of a strapping device in the palletiser means that the
stability of unstable stacking patterns, like column stacks,
can also be improved.
Twenty pallets are collected automatically in theaccumulator section to form a complete truckload. The full
pallets are slid fully automatically into the waiting truck,
with only a few centimeters between, so that the loading
space is utilized to the maximum.Stacking patterns which have been put in can easily bealtered or new patterns created, partly through the
application of Eagle, CSi's revolutionary software
programme. Incidentally, the required stacking pattern is
communicated to the palletising system by the warehouse
at the harbour, and the system then adjusts automatically.In addition, Eagle immediately localises any breakdowns asthey occur, so that fast and efficient action can be taken. Extensive engineering studies carried out by the CSi andThe Absolut Company project team showed that the
weakest link in both production lines was actually in
the final packing phase. A simple increase in production
capacity would inevitably have led to problems in the
subsequent phases of palletising and truck loading, and
so it was decided to completely renew the final packing
sections of the two older lines first of all, and to make
them suitable right away for the prognosticated further
increase in capacity
A silent conversion to a new, fully automatic palletising and truck-loadingsystem was completed at the successful concern, The Absolut Company inÅhus, where many thousands of bottles of Absolut Vodka, Absolut Citron,Absolut Peppar and Absolut Kurant leave the building every day. CSi settheir hand to this extensive turnkey operation.
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