A palletising robot is being used to palletize bags of flour at Cotton Seed Distributors’ new Westbrook plant near Toowoomba.
The Palletizing Robot is part of a turnkey order Accuweigh’s Budpak branch received for complete bag filling, palletising and pallet wrapping lines.
Bag of flour are filled and heat sealed on the mezzanine floor, then delivered to the Palletizing Robot on the floor below by means of a gravity slide chute manufactured in stainless steel.
Due to limited floor space availability, the Fuji-Ace Palletizing Robot also performs these associated palletizing tasks:
1. Positions an empty pallet onto the loading station conveyor
2. Places a slip sheet onto the pallet prior to palletising the bags
After the palletising is completed, the loaded pallet passes to a stretch wrapper where a protective top sheet and weatherproof stretch wrap is applied. The Japanese made Fuji-Ace Palletizing Robot was chosen for CSD’s application due to its ultra quiet operation and its high energy efficiency that uses less power than opposition models.
The Fuji-Ace Palletising Robot also has the ability to transverse both horizontal and vertical planes simultaneously which can significantly increase bag throughput on busy lines.
Accuweigh/Budpak is Australia’s largest weigh packaging company with branches in all mainland states providing sales and service support on all weighing, bagging, packaging and food inspection requirements. Accuweigh/Budpak has hundreds of existing palletizing, filling and stretch wrapper installations throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific.