Robotic Palletizing

Robotic Palletizing - Robotic Palletizing is the common name for the Smart Factory 4.0 application that uses industrial robot arms to loading/unloading goods, load on plastic pallets, wood, load goods into cartons. Or plastic container, plastic box. Stacking by robot means simply using an industrial robotic arm to replace humans to stack boxes, bags, bags, bottle blocks and finished goods on pallets, this is considered the last step in the line. assembly lines, packaging lines before goods are stored or shipped to customers.

Robotic Palletizing-Loading and unloading robot is an effective support factor for product packaging and import-export activities. This is the leading popular Pick & Place app of industrial robot arm in modern smart manufacturing factories. Also the trend of industrial automation in the industrial revolution 4.0 is happening globally. Supporting and replacing people in the loading and unloading stage of goods, which is heavy, monotonous and has many potential safety risks.

Working principle of palletizing robot:

Pick up the packaged finished product in bags, bags, cartons, or spare parts.

Move product from the position on the conveyor to the desired pallet position.

Arrange bags and products on pallets according to a certain rule. The script has been preprogrammed.

Identify in the finished product conveyor section or not.

Capable of independent operation, 24/7 stable operation and safety warnings with horns, lights, signals on the system thanks to location sensors, image capture cameras and intelligence processing AI creation.

Information on production boards, output boards, ANDON, MES systems.

Specification of loading and unloading robot:

Industrial robot arm is lined up on a pallet different from collaborative robot (collaborative robot designed to work with people) with outstanding technical characteristics, ready to work independently, replacing human in stage. handling heavy and potentially risky goods thanks to the ability to:

Flexible in space, reach of the robot with 4-5-6 degrees of freedom option. Single or double arms can be used to improve productivity if the workspace allows.

Working speed with fixed cycle time, productivity can be pre-determined for production planning and output statistics. Speed ​​of packing, boxes on pallet with products weighing 10-50kg can reach 30-100 times / minute

24/7 operation, durable operation for a long time

The ability to load, stack bags, boxes up to 50kg, 100kg or more.

Suitable for a variety of goods of different sizes and weights

Operational safety: overload reporting, product identification and operation change according to the programmed scenario.

Application of robotic palletizing into production

Robot palletizing is used in many fields: mechanical, electronics, logistic, food processing ... is gradually replacing human with high productivity, automation and safety. Some of the applications can be mentioned below:

Packing and shipping robot

Robots pick up products and pack them.

Robots pick up the product and put it in the box for packing.

Robot provides workpiece, supplies assembly components.

Bagging robots, boxes, agricultural products, food for livestock and poultry: bran, rice, flour, cashew nuts, coffee, pepper, dragon fruit, shrimp, fish filtlet...

Benefits of using Automatic palletizing robots in the production line

High productivity with working intensity many times higher than human

Loading and unloading robots with solid structure, high load capacity and durable can "work" for many consecutive hours for days, months, years without almost any rest. Imagine, with a robotic arm lined up around the clock 24/24 / 7 days without "break", eat-sleep-rest, weekend ... like humans, how high will the productivity be.

Minimize risks of occupational accidents

No matter how healthy a person is, cannot work hard for a long time in an environment with lack of light, lack of oxygen, dust, and dangers from occupational accidents. But the loading and unloading robot does the job completely. Stacking robots for pallets can easily work in high temperature environments, dust, noise pollution, and toxicity such as mechanical assembly lines, raw materials production, chemical production...and permanent. Work efficiently even in confined, hazardous areas and hazardous work environments.

Robotic Palletizing operates safely with the ability to identify product models and adjust gripping capacity, lift-put speed as well as stroke according to size and weight of boxes, bags, cans, bottles.

Easily control output and have long-term production plans

Automatically detect and stop emergency, give notification (horn, light, signal) when the product runs out or abnormalities such as the appearance of equipment, machines, people in the installed safe area ...

Example: With a robotic arm with reach from the center of the base to the center of the product box on the cargo conveyor and the position of the box on the waiting pallet is 600m. Box weight about 10kg. The palletizing specification is 10 boxes / pallet. Cycle time: Lifting the box from the conveyor - moving to the pallet - dropping the box - going back to the next picker takes a total of 3 seconds.

The manager can easily calculate the productivity of a palletizing robot, or the number of pallets packed within an hour; 1 working shift at 1 packing position. From there, we can calculate the quantity of packing as well as the number of loading and unloading robots needed according to the set output.

A production plan can be in place and production practically guarantees that plan. The production in general and the pallet packing for the warehouse or shipping department will be very active. From planning, production management and production regulation.

Stable operation with economical maintenance costs

Choosing a good loading robot, stable operation will help customers save a lot of maintenance and repair costs. Most of the system downtime is used for maintenance, routine maintenance, and replacement of consumables.

Flexible with a variety of product sizes and weights

The palletizing robot arm not only works with only one product size and weight, but can also be used for a certain size range thanks to its flexible structure of product suction, clamp-pick-up system.

Especially in the production line of more than one product (specifications and colors of different cans), with the ability to identify goods, queue robots can identify and know how to classify products into any pallet position. Or make the decision to pick up a box of product running on a conveyor belt to load a pallet at your location.

It is easy to line 2-3 and more products from the conveyor at the end of the production line. Productivity is calculated, programmed motion according to a predetermined scenario, or easily changed when requirements arise, within the robot's responsiveness.

Easily combined with industrial conveyor systems

Robots pick up and drop goods into a pallet with a foot print that takes up little space, and can be easily installed beside or at the beginning and end of the conveyor belt with an independent fence system. Form a specialized packing area with high productivity and stable operation. Pickup robots can be combined with Auto Guided Vehicle AGV, industrial conveyors: PVC conveyor belt, roller conveyor, lifting conveyor, tilt conveyor ...

Customers have many options for Pick & Place Robotic Palletizing applications from suppliers: ABB Robot, Universal Robot (UR), YASKAWA, KUKA ... in accordance with their needs and investment capabilities.

Limitations when using the robot to load pallet

The cost is quite high for the initial investment. Buying palletizing robots is suitable for factories with high-volume packaging stages, requiring long-term investment and needing automation in this stage.

Need to choose a reputable and experienced supplier to optimize the process and handle it quickly when problems arise. A supplier of palletizing, loading and unloading robots needs to ensure programmability and process optimization to reduce cycle time and improve productivity for customers.

Without a lot of experience in robotics programming and automated production systems, productivity is not only not guaranteed but also a waste of investment. Customers need to find the leading automation unit and evaluate the partner's capabilities before investing.

Safety between people when approaching close to palletizing robots, goods on the pallet is a high concern (safety programming, barriers and warning sensor systems are required).

The demand for automation in production in general and production stages in particular is increasing day by day. Requiring machines to support and gradually replace people in heavy work, requiring a lot of manual labor and hazardous working environment is inevitable.

Industry 4.0 is gradually requiring businesses to adapt to develop and improve competitiveness. Considering selecting a qualified and reputable automation service provider and investing in industrial robot solutions in production should be considered important in businesses.

With more than 13 years of experience in automation solutions with industrial robots, CNC-VINA is sure to be the first choice of the most demanding customers. We always improve, update the latest technology in automation to provide customers with high productivity products with reasonable investment costs.

Customers who have a need for palletizing robot solutions and automation solutions, smart factory lines please contact:

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