Other applications
Packing machine for breakbulk
The SPIDER Palletiser can stack a wide range of goods. For instance, furniture panels, ventilation ducts, rolls of carpet, bales of rubber and large Styrofoam blocks often have to be stacked automatically.
And each product requires its own specific approach and picking method. Our years of experience with the most diverse products have led to our developing a range of grippers and picking techniques allowing us to use automation when stacking the widest variety of products.
NACE code
13.30
17.21
20.20
22.29
26.40
28.25
31.09
10.89
Specific industry knowledge
Construction (Floor & carpet)
Plastics & rubber
Construction (Ventilation & air conditioning)
Health
Construction (Furniture & interior)
Automatic Palletizing
Breakbulk palletising
The SPIDER Palletising robot is used to palletise the most diverse goods. For instance, a SPIDER used in the furniture industry can destack panels to feed them to the production machines. The problem here is that the panels have to be destacked at a slant to be able to depalletise one panel at a time. In the same furniture industry, a SPIDER is used to palletise flat-pack furniture. Since the packs vary considerably in size, an automatic gripper adjustment is used.
Rolls of carpet are picked up using a clamp gripper, adjusting the storage height each time so that the carpets are stacked neatly on top of each other. Spools are placed into the core and the stacking pattern is automatically adjusted according to the diameter of the spool. A special vacuum gripper is used to pick up complete layers of round ventilation tubes. The layer is automatically strapped on both sides and then palletised.
In the tiles industry the SPIDER’s frame is extended allowing up to 30 pallets to be stacked at the same time, though this depends on the size of the tile. Rubber bales are usually stacked in a box pallet. Since the SPIDER is a portal robot with a long, vertical Z axis, its reach can go very deep when palletising the bales in such boxes.
The SPIDER is able to handle both breakbulk palletising as well as breakbulk destacking. For instance, product carriers can be slid from a rack and laid on a feed conveyer. Once the carriers are empty, they are slid into a second rack on various levels.
Types of breakbulk
– planks
– furniture panels
– rubber bales
– spools
– tubes
– rolls of carpet
-tiles
– sheets
– product holders
Specific industry knowledge
Audio & Sound
Pharma
Oil & lubricants
Total End-Of-Line Automation
Many companies prefer to have their entire end-of-line automation come from a single manufacturer. This is exactly what we can offer since, besides the SPIDER Case Packer and the SPIDER Palletiser, we also integrate diverse peripheral equipment. Check weighers, metal detectors, empty and full pallet handling, pallet wrappers and pallet labellers are built together with the packing and stacking robots to form a single line where all individual components are coordinated. The line in its entirety is setup beforehand in our workshop and fully tested using the customer’s products.
The goods awaiting stacking are fed to the Spider Palletiser. A selection of grippers can be used for their picking. All-in-one grippers can also be used for stacking different packs. Moreover, the grippers can also include a construction for extracting interleaves, foil sheets and empty pallets.
One of the main benefits of using the SPIDER Palletiser is that, at lower speeds, several lines can be simultaneously stacked by the same robot on individual pallets. Indeed, the SPIDER is a “portal robot” allowing the frame to have an extra-long extension so that all the pallets can be stacked neatly next to each other. This also makes it possible to have a simple central supply and removal of empty and full pallets. The full pallets can be removed via pallet transport conveyers, a transfer cart on rails or a portal transfer cart. The latter has the advantage of making an obstacle-free passage possible for the transfer cart’s journey. Various automatic pallet wrappers can also be provided to wrap the full pallets. If required, a cover sheet can be laid over the pallet load resulting in dust-free or waterproof packaging.
Afterwards, one or more pallet labels can be affixed to the full pallet. The palletising data can be supplemented with additional customer-related information which is then sent to the automatic pallet labeller.
After labelling, the full pallets are taken away and, if required, buffered on a pallet transport conveyor.
our methodology
Analysis
We always start from the existing production environment. You receive a layout, a carefully detailed pricing and a concise description of the solution. We always substantiate our proposal with information on projects already completed in the sector in which you are active.
Project planning
We draw up a project dossier with all the technical details of your installation. We then go through everything together, adjusting and validating the proposal wherever might be necessary.
3D design
Following the validation of the project dossier, we come to a final technical layout. We then convert this into a technical 3D design, giving you a correct image of what your installation will look like.
Line control
In this step the components of your installation are manufactured and we proceed to the development of the line control. All components are connected in a line-by-line fashion with each other so that they are in constant communication with each other.
Assembly line including all peripheral equipment
The complete assembly of your installation, including all peripheral equipment such as weighers, labellers, etc. is done by us in advance. We assemble the complete line with the greatest care into a single unit using a standardised methodology. Because the entire line has been fully operationally tested beforehand, both installation and the further start-up takes no time at all.
FAT
Following the assembly of your installation, it is then extensively tested in our workshops, allowing you to see it at work before being assembled at your premises. Using a comprehensive checklist, the installation is checked down to the smallest detail as to whether it meets all specifications before being transported to you.
Transport, assembly, start-up and training
All components are disassembled before being transported and assembled on site. Your employees are then trained to be able to work optimally with your new installation.
After sales service
At SPIDER we provide an excellent after-sales service. On the one hand, there is the continuous monitoring and logging of your installation so that we can remotely follow the operation in real time via cameras inside the installation, allowing us to make adjustments remotely. On the other hand, you can also call on our experienced service team 24/7.
Reliable partner
We attach great importance to across-the-board communication with our customers. Even before the initial design stage, we want to fully understand their requirements so that we can provide the right end-of-line solution. We build our SPIDER Case Packer and SPIDER Palletiser, as well as their integration, into the complete line. This results in the operator having being able to handle it comprehensibly because of the uniform manner of operation of the various parts. Thorough training is provided for the operators. This is backed by structured after-sales service that the customer can call on 24/7.
Automatic Palletizing
Total End-Of-Line Automation
