Mixed palletizing is essential for distribution centers, retail operations, and manufacturing companies that need to ship pallets containing a variety of products. This automation solution enables the creation of stable, retail-compliant pallets while handling a wide range of product shapes, sizes, and weights.
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Two Mixed-Load Palletizing Approaches Offered by NūMove
At NūMove Robotics & Vision, we’ve developed a range of high-performance, flexible, and customizable solutions designed to tackle the challenges of mixed-load palletizing. We offer two distinct methods: fully robotic vs semi-automated palletizers. Each approach is tailored to specific needs — whether it’s product diversity, production volume, throughput, or ease of integration within your facility.
Robotic Mixed-Load Palletizing
NūMove’s robotic mixed-load palletizing systems enable the fully automated creation of pallets made up of various product types — providing a solution to labor-related challenges while ensuring production stability.
Available Configurations:
- Robot on platform with integrated stretch wrapping.
- Floor-level robot with a carefully selected end-of-arm tool (handling products by the unit or by layer).
Key Features:
- Production Stability: Minimize human intervention with intelligent robots capable of repeatedly stacking various products according to optimized pallet configurations.
- Load Planning Software: An advanced algorithm ensures stable and efficient stacking based on product size, weight, and density.
- Flexible Rate: The cell configuration and choice of robot tool affect the system’s maximum speed, with the potential to operate faster than a semi-automated solution.
This solution is ideal for high-volume environments that require advanced automation to boost productivity and reduce errors.
Semi-Automated Mixed-Load Palletizing
NūMove’s semi-automated solution offers a balance between automation and human involvement — boosting productivity without the need for a fully robotic system.
Key Features:
- Automated Pallet Handling: While no robots are involved, industrial equipment automates the pallet conveying and wrapping, improving efficiency.
- Ergonomic Operator Involvement: The design of the workspace enables operators to palletize products on the pallet in an ergonomically manner, reducing strain.
- Flexibility to Handle Multiple Formats: A semi-automated solution has almost no constraints regarding product formats.
- Investment & Operating Cost: Initial investment costs are generally lower compared to fully robotized systems and ongoing operating costs is higher due to labor involvement.
This hybrid approach is ideal for distribution centers looking to improve efficiency without transitioning immediately to full automation.
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Benefits of Automated Mixed-Load Palletizing
- Greater efficiency: Automation shortens the time and effort required to build mixed-load pallets, increasing overall productivity.
- Error reduction : Automated systems minimize human error, ensuring each pallet matches the order specifications precisely.
- Fewer workplace injuries: Automation helps reduce or eliminate risks related to repetitive heavy lifting.
- Operational flexibility: Solutions can be adapted to a wide variety of products and pallet configurations, keeping up with evolving market needs.
- Optimized space usage: Efficient stacking maximizes storage and shipping capacity.
- Easy to unload at the shop: Automated systems optimize the product order on the pallet for faster, easier shelf restocking in stores.
Choosing NūMove means investing in a reliable, efficient, and forward-thinking solution built to meet today’s logistics and distribution challenges.
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