DP240

by Delta Engineering / Wednesday, 26 March 2014 / Published in Palletizers

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Automatic palletizer empty bottles with integrated tray warehouse

The machine

The DP240 is a compact, full automatic palletizer for empty bottles in trays.
More specifically, it can make pallets up to 3.1 m (122”) high, with trays up to 1200 x 1200 mm (48” x 48”). Since you can make full Jumbo lorry high pallets (3.1 m), you minimize transport costs!

In addition, the machine can also handle two half-size trays per layer!

Furthermore, it is a highly adjustable machine thanks to its servo movements.

So how does this automatic palletizer work?
In short, it first makes rows of bottles. Then, a servo gripper grabs the row, lifts it and sets it down on the tray. Finally, when the tray is full, it is placed onto the pallet.

The concept

Let’s have a look at how this automatic palletizer works in more detail:

Tray stacking and dispensing

The machine comes with an integrated tray dispenser that can hold up to 15 trays of 150 mm (6”) high. From a safety point of view, we developed the machine so trays can be added while the machine is running without having to open doors.

Firstly, the tray dispenser drops a tray onto a tray conveying belt that will feed the tray to the tray filling part when requested.

Tray filling

Secondly, the bottles are conveyed into the machine on a conveyor.
On that belt, a row of bottles is formed. Then, the servo gripper picks up the row and places it inside the tray. At each cycle, a support plate compresses the layer in the tray for optimal stacking. The automatic palletizer repeats this action until a complete layer of bottles has been finished.

Tray stacking

Subsequently, when a full layer is ready (either one or two trays consecutively), it will be transferred to a tray lift where the tray will be pushed onto a stainless-steel plate. Then, that tray lift will take the tray to the correct level and set it down.

Pallet transport

Moreover, different pallet loading systems are availabe:

Manual: you have to take out and put in every pallet manually
AGV interface
Run through, with or without pallet dispenser
Low-level pallet conveyor for manual unloading

Options

There are other options as well.
For example, we can equip the infeed section according to your needs:

Chain or flat belt conveyor, with or without vacuum, depending on your needs
Bottle orienting systems, when handling oval bottles
Puck conveyors, when running non-accumulable bottles

Additionally, this automatic palletizer has a tray warehouse in a low & high version, to store the maximum number of trays.

Optionally, film sheet placement is possible, to create a plastic layer between the bottles and the trays. By doing so, you avoid contamination!

ADVANTAGES

Easy setup and short changeover times thanks to recipes
Different stacking patterns possible
Handles trays and half trays

OTHER VERSIONS

Semi-automatic palletizer – buffer table 1200 x 1200mm: DP200
Semi-automatic palletizer – buffer table 1400 x 1200mm: DP201
Fully automatic palletizer: DP252, DP263
Fully automatic drum palletizer – stackable containers: DP290, DP300