ROBOTIC MIXED PALLETIZING
Robotic mixed load palletizer systems are frequently seen at the outbound lines in warehouses, distributions centers and order fulfillment centers. Multi-SKU palletizing solutions allow the preparation of mixed pallets aligned to specific customers’ orders.
Based on the customer’s goals and specific needs — such as required speed, budget, product specifications, and pallet types — NūMove provides a range of cell configuration models for mixed load palletizing. These robotic systems designed by NūMove build stable and store-ready mixed pallets using a load planning software. This advanced software optimizes product placement on the pallets and indicates the adequate product feeding sequence. It considers various stacking rules such as product type, dimensions, density, weight, crushability, all while ensuring compliance with store constraints (aisle-ready).
These solutions are powered by NūLogik, NūMove’s proprietary software solution for appliance hosting. The software is developed specifically for industrial automated equipment with Industry 4.0 functionalities in mind. The numerous features offered by the software elevate the level of usability and performance: ergonomic operator interface, production statistics, display of alarms for each equipment, integrated remote support, surveillance cameras, and much more.
General Features
- Product variety: closed cases (RSC), open-top cases (HSC), display and perforated cases, wrapped products, wrapped products in trays, unwrapped products in trays, totes, bins, and more.
- Final Pallet: Up to 84 inch height and 3000 pound loads.
- Handles various pallet types (CHEP 9-block, CHEP Stringer, GMA. TriEnda, A-B, etc.).
- Load Planning Software to optimize product placement on pallets, build stable and store-friendly pallets.
- Large number of SKUs can be palletized.
- Paired with an automated storage system like our InnoPick, you’ll have a completely automatic and error-free solution.
ROBOTIC CELL CONFIGURATIONS
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Robot on Plateform with Integrated Stretch Wrapper
NūBotik MixPal
NūBotik MixPal is a robotic mixed SKU palletizing solution, entirely designed and engineered by NūMove Robotics & Vision. The palletizing robot is installed on a 12-foot-high platform. An integrated stretch wrapper beneath the platform enables wrapping during palletizing, ensuring the pallet’s stability. An empty pallet is staged next to the palletizing position, so the robot does not wait when a load is completed to start building the next one. These maximizes robot usage and the system’s throughput.
- Up to 800 products per hour with only one robot.
- Additional units can be easily added as the customer’s demand grows, and the system’s compact footprint facilitates its installation almost anywhere.
- To reduce robot cycle time, the solution also includes a vision guided product orientor that turns the incoming product as required.
- NūMove’s end-of-arm tool significantly stands out from usual vacuum-only end-of-arm tools offered in other mixed palletizing solutions, which are limited to the type of packaging that can be handled and to the achievable palletizing speed.
- When required, this system is easily convertible to semi-automatic palletizing, providing more flexibility to the end user while still maintaining safety requirements.
Floor Level Robot
Multi-SKU Within Layer
NūMove’s Robotic Layer Mixed Palletizer is designed to handle complete layers of mixed products. This solution is not a standard rainbow
palletizing system: the robot builds stable pallets, accommodating varying product formats, sizes and heights within each layer while minimizing the number of top-off products. It is a higher rate alternative to single case mixed palletizing that adapts really well to industries that have consistency on the heights of their SKUs (beverage, beer, wine & spirits).
- Up to 2 200 products per hour with one robot.
- The layer mixed palletizing tool is capable of securely and carefully handling a wide range of product types and sizes. The forks support the bottom of the products to ensure no items are dropped.
- Since the robot is at floor-level, it’s possible to handle multiple pallet formats without any changeovers by having the required quantity of automatic pallet dispensers. By combining these with a pallet shuttle, the different pallet formats can be fed in any order to the robot.
- The cubing software determines the best pattern for each layer.
- The pattern maker can prepare almost any pattern, including layers with gaps between products, as needed for load optimization and stability.
Order Preparation Solution for Fast-Moving SKUs
RAPTOR
RAPTOR (Robotic Arm Picking To Order Release) is a high throughput dual robot system engineered by NūMove Robotics & Vision in collaboration with KPI Solutions.The goal is to automate the building of mixed SKU orders for fast-moving products. Designed for the beer and beverage industry, the system first depalletizes products into a flow rack buffer, then palletizes them into custom order pallets. Optimized for performance and accuracy, RAPTOR combines industrial vision and flexible end-of-arm tools for SKU adaptability without additional programming.
Ideal for operations requiring speed, flexibility, and accurate handling of SKU variety.
- Buffer with dedicated lanes for each SKU reduces donor pallet presentations.
- Vision-guided depalletizing: artificial intelligence identifies and locates products.
- Vision-enhanced palletizing: detects starter pallets and top layer gaps.
- End-of-arm tools handles a wide range of packaging types with precision (vacuum & forks).
- Compatible with multiple donor and order pallet formats.
- Designed for high movers in the beer and beverage industry.
Floor-Level Robot
Single Pick
This configuration is very similar to our NūBotik MixPal solution, but instead of the robot being mounted on a platform, it is installed on the floor. Therefore, there’s no integrated stretch wrapper.
- Up to 600 products per hour with one robot.
- NūMove’s end-of-arm tool significantly stands out from usual vacuum-only end-of-arm tools offered in other mixed palletizing solutions, which are limited to the type of packaging that can be handled and to the achievable palletizing speed.
- Since the robot is at floor-level, it’s possible to handle multiple pallet formats without any changeovers by having the required quantity of automatic pallet dispensers. By combining these with a pallet shuttle, the different pallet formats can be fed in any order to the robot.
