Robot palletizes pails at rate of 50/min.
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By combining robot with cycle time of 6 sec and vacuum tool with row of vacuum cups that picks up 5 small pails per lift, Robotic Palletizer achieves throughput of 50 pails/min. Second row of 4 vacuum cups on same tool picks up row of 4 larger pails to achieve line speed of 40 pails/min. By maneuvering load to appropriate place on pallet and releasing load, pallet pattern is taught and registered in robot control for later recall.Original Press Release:
Flexible Robot Palletizes Pails at 50 Pails Per Minute
Pacific Robotics has developed a high speed robotic palletizer to palletize different size pails with the same tooling. By using a robot with a cycle time of 6 seconds and a vacuum tool with a row of vacuum cups that picks up 5 small pails per lift, the robotic palletizer achieves a throughput of 50 pails per minute. A second row of 4 vacuum cups on the same tool picks up a row of 4 larger pails to achieve a line speed of 40 pails per minute for that product. The robot is taught to handle both products by jogging the robot so that the tool is placed with the appropriate line of vaccuum cups over the product and the vacuum system activated to pick up the pails. By maneuvering the load to the appropriate place on the pallet and releasing the load, the complete pallet pattern is taught and registered in the robot control system for recall when that product is to be palletized.
