Palletizers can be used for material handling, packaging, stacking, and shipping operations. Palletizers can be fully or semi-automatic depending on the needs of the company utilizing them.
- Palletizers are a type of material handling machine that is used to place products coming out of an assembly line in a specific order. They are used to handle crates, pallets, bags, cases, boxes, kegs, etc.
- The type of material they handle and the manner in which the material arrives classifies palletizers.
- Types of palletizers are high-level, low-level and robotic-type.
- In the low-level type, the inflow is at the floor level whereas for high level, the material comes from overhead hoppers or conveyor lines
- The robotic type is used to place fragile materials in a specific manner.
- Palletizers are available fully automatic, where humans are not needed for the packaging process and are also available semi-automatic where human involvement is needed.
- While selecting a palletizer, you need to consider the material like boxes, bags, drums, cases, etc.
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