Other applications
Packing machine for buckets, jerry cans, drums
Stacking buckets requires a very specific approach. For instance, the bucket handles usually have to be aligned before stacking them. Because jerry cans are usually very heavy, and have to be fixed securely before moving them from the pick-up conveyor to the pallet.
As a rule, drums cannot be picked up and are prepared by layer on a heavy shear plate, after which it withdraws so that the drums arrive on the pallet.
NACE code
10.81
10.84
10.85
19.20
20.13
20.20
25.61
32.50
46.71
46.75
Specific industry knowledge
Food (Sauces)
Oil & lubricants
Metalworking
Chemical
Food (Sugar)
Food (ready-made meals)
Dentistry
Automatic Palletizing
Customised palletising of buckets
When palletising buckets, the handles usually have to be oriented in a certain way, otherwise they will knock against each other on the pallet. It can also happen that the orientation of the handles has to be different in the outer row. In order to obtain this when palletising buckets, an automatic bucket aligner is present on the infeed conveyor, just before the pick-up position. This allows the orientation to be selected per fed bucket. This setting is a parameter of the stacking pattern, and doesn’t need to be reset every time when palletising buckets.
A choice of grippers is available when palletising drums and palletising buckets that, depending on the type of bucket, can be used. A clamping gripper can be used should the lid of the bucket not be sufficiently secure. High feed speeds can be attained by picking up complete rows of buckets. Since buckets are always palletised in a column, interleaves are often necessary. In this case, a foil sheet is the ideal solution because it can take on the shape of the underlying bucket lids in which the following buckets will be stacked. Cardboard is an alternative for foil. Thick cardboard sheets from the stockroom are laid on the pallet and between the layers.
Palletising jerry cans requires a different approach. They usually have recesses underneath that have to fit into the last previously stacked jerry can. It is of vital importance when palletising jerry cans that the gripper clamps the jerry cans firmly when picking them up so that they are aligned in the gripper and unable to move back and forth while moving to the pallet. Usually, jerry cans are palletised in a column. Thus, it can happen that the jerry cans, once a few layers have been palletised, take on an open fan-like form hampering the stacking process. To avoid this, a layer- centring device is built into the Spider. Or an automatic horizontal strapping machine can be integrated when palletising jerry cans, where the jerry cans are held together by a strap.
Types of buckets, jerry cans and drums
– buckets with handles
– round buckets
– square buckets
– buckets with loose lids
– paint buckets
– jerry cans
– drums
Specific industry knowledge
Energy
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 complete line is setup beforehand in our workshop and fully tested using the customer’s products.
The fully-filled buckets, jerry cans or drums are weighed to ensure they have been fully filled. A * reject is on hand to ensure incomplete buckets, jerry cans and drums are taken off the line, so that production need not be stopped should they be partially filled.
Full buckets, jerry cans of drums are fed to the SPIDER Palletizer. Various grippers can be used to pick them up. All-in-one grippers can be provided that can stack different packaging. It’s also possible to have grippers fitted with a device for picking up interleaves, foil sheets and empty pallets.
A major advantage 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 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 on the pallet load resulting in a dust-free or waterproof packaging.
Following this, 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
