How can palletising be made more efficient?
The format cutting machine – an automatic piece of equipment that’s right up to date!
Today, many companies are turning to solutions to increase the efficiency of their logistics processes, including the format cutting machine. This solution is a real alternative to manual palletising, and can be integrated into your palletising robot or layer palletiser.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
It couldn’t be simpler. Starting from a reel of a single size, e.g. 1,200 mm, you choose the format and dimensions of your palletising layer pad, and the machine takes care of cutting the base. If it’s coupled with your automatic palletising robot, you’ll gain in speed of execution and precision: two important factors in remaining competitive on the market.
This palletising solution is ideal for providing uninterrupted service and faster cycle times.
There are different types of format cutting machine. So it’s important to choose yours carefully, because it can play a considerable role in the productivity of your packaging line. In particular, because of anomalies that can bring your entire production line to a standstill.
Choose equipment with a simple, robust design: the cutting head has been specially designed to make a clean, neat cut, and all the components are also designed to reduce preventive maintenance to a minimum.
LIMITING PRODUCTION DOWNTIME? YOUR DAILY CHALLENGE!
In the course of your automatic palletising process, incidents can occur that cause your line to stop. This can become a major constraint, especially in the case of recurring incidents, as your company’s productivity and annual turnover are affected. Various factors can lead to downtime at the end of your production line: equipment breakdowns, stoppages related to reloading consumables or changing pallet size, or other unforeseen events linked to the absence or failure of the palletiser gripper arm to pick up the layer pad format in the palletiser cell.
After all, who hasn’t had a bad experience? With our EXCALIBUR® automatic format cutting machine, you can avoid these problems as much as possible.
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Let’s take a look at the 3 advantages of our EXCALIBUR® format cutting machine.
1 – IT ELIMINATES SETTING DEFECTS
When using traditional pallet interleavers in production, it happens quite often that your robotic palletiser drops one or more sheets at a time. The drop can accidentally block a sensor, bringing your entire production line to a halt for safety reasons. As a result, all production is paused, and you lose time resolving the problem.
Have you ever seen this type of incident?
Our EXCALIBUR® machine feeds the robot with one sheet at a time, unlike the traditional method. So it won’t happen to you! Its use eliminates all the problems associated with the accidental dropping of interleaving sheets. What’s more, the quality of the input is improved and any pick-up faults are eliminated (multiple pick-up of divider sheets, incorrect positioning of the divider sheet on the pallet, etc.). It works with the anti-slip effect, increasing the stability of your pallets thanks to their unique coating and a sliding angle of around 45° depending on the paper you use. So your palletising process will be much more efficient.
EXCALIBUR® in action :
2 – OPTIMISING YOUR DIVIDER MANAGEMENT
The traditional procedure is not very optimal because it forces the operator to stop the production line: when replacing the pallet of corrugated board or pre-cut layer pads, the operator enters the palletiser cell, which stops the production line. Compliance with this safety procedure affects productivity. However, with our palletising system, you can reduce or even eliminate your reel changeover times.
The reel can be loaded onto the machine outside the safety cell, and formats of the desired length can be produced from the reel. The formats are automatically transported on a conveyor to a marked position. The gripper of the palletiser or palletising robot picks up the format and inserts it between the rows of products to be palletised. When required, it unwinds the reel again and cuts the next format.
Operating in stand-alone or line-controlled mode, it can produce up to 15 different formats from a single reel. The DUO and QUATTRO versions can produce 2 half-pallets or 4 quarter-pallets. This frees up more storage space and reduces the workload on your operators. In fact, one reel of lightweight paper contains up to 10 times as many formats, the equivalent of 5 pallets. So you no longer need to store pallets of corrugated cardboard of different sizes. The same goes for plastic or wooden insert sheets.
3 – IT OFFERS ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES
Our EXCALIBUR® format cutting machine allows the use of very light paper consumables, which is therefore more economical. What’s more, apart from the technical aspect, our machine allows you to reduce your labour costs because it eliminates the need for operators to manually load traditional pallet magazines or precut dividers.
If you want to use it or buy one, you should know that we offer great investment flexibility. It is available either for purchase or for zero investment. This option is available on a rental basis or free of charge if you sign a consumables supply contract.
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