The column palletizer is a compact, fully automatic palletizing machine. Utilizing a single-column rotating structure and servo drive system, it can automatically stack, arrange, and palletize various packaging materials, including bags, boxes, drums, and film-wrapped items. The machine has a small footprint, stable operation, and simple maintenance. It is suitable for use in the back-end of production lines in food, beverage, feed, chemical, grain and oil, daily chemical, and building materials industries, replacing manual labor for high-intensity repetitive tasks, significantly improving efficiency and reducing labor costs.
Parameter of the Palletizing Machine
| Parameter Item | Specification | |
| Storage Carrier | Pallet/Soft Bag/Ton Bag | |
| Palletized Load Specs(Customizable) | Length (mm) | 1200 |
| Width (mm) | 1000 | |
| Height (mm) | 1800 | |
| Max. Weight (kg) | 1000-1500 | |
| Average Weight (kg) | 800-1200 | |
| Quantity (After Palletizing) | 40-60 | |
| Pallet Specs(Customizable) | Material | Wood/plastic/steel |
| Length (mm) | 1200 | |
| Width (mm) | 800 | |
| Height (mm) | 150 | |
| Clearance (mm) | 100-110 | |
| Dynamic Load(kg) | 1000-2000 | |
| Static Load(kg) | 4000-6000 | |
How to use the Column Palletizer?
- Feeding: Goods are smoothly delivered to the picking point by the conveyor line (belt line / roller line).
- Grabbing: The palletizing host moves above the material and uses end effector (vacuum suction cups, grippers, toothed clamps) to grasp the material.
- Positioning: The uprights rotate, lift, and extend to precisely place materials in the designated position on the pallet.
- Stacking: Materials are precisely placed on the designated coordinates of the pallet and stacked layer by layer according to the preset stacking pattern, and the stack is automatically raised after each layer is completed.
- Pallet Complete: Once the system reaches the set number of layers or total height, it determines the pallet is full and alerts the forklift or AGV to retrieve it.
Features of the Automatic Palletizer
- Compact Structure: The column palletizer adopts a single column and rotating arm core structure, with a small footprint, making it suitable for narrow workshops and wall-mounted installation scenarios.
- Multi-axis System: The palletizer comes standard with 3-4 axis servo drives (rotation/extension/lifting), enabling flexible cylindrical coordinate movement, covering a fan-shaped working area, with smooth and lag-free operation.
- Intelligent Monitoring: The machine palletizer supports remote monitoring and Internet of Things (IoT) integration. It can connect with the production line’s WMS system to achieve data-driven management and intelligent early warning.
- Widely Applicable: The automatic palletizer machine supports quick replacement of end effector (vacuum suction cups, pneumatic grippers, toothed clamps, etc.). It is compatible with all types of materials such as cartons, woven bags, drums, film wrapping, and bulk bags.
Advantages of the Column Palletizer
- High Efficiency: A single machine can replace 3-4 workers for 24-hour continuous operation, with an efficiency 3-5 times that of manual labor, while saving labor costs.
- Safety: Automation can replace high-intensity, highly repetitive heavy-duty handling operations, thereby mitigating workplace injury risks and improving the working environment.
- Flexible: It can connect with conveyor lines, AGVs, automated warehouses, and other equipment to achieve fully automated workflow, and supports multiple feeding points and multiple pallets operating simultaneously.
- Durable: The column palletizer adopts a high-strength steel structure body and powder coating or anti-corrosion coating, making it suitable for industrial environments with dust, humidity, and slight corrosion, and has a long service life.
FAQ
You can use it for bagged, cardboard boxed, barrelled, film-wrapped, and boxed materials simply by changing different clamps.
It supports multiple stacking and storage types. You only need to enter parameters to change products, and you can finish setup in minutes.
The electric palletizing machine has a memory function, retaining the current state when power is off and continuing to stack items when power is restored, without causing chaos.
The automatic palletizer has a pallet detection function, and automatically stops and alarms when there is no pallet to prevent materials from falling directly.
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