Layer-by-layer palletizing unit

PalAccess^™, the latest packaging line from Gebo Cermex, is a conventional palletizing solution that can be used for food and beverages. This new platform, which increases performance while reducing total cost of ownership, could be a good starting point for End-of-Line automation, according to the company.

The palletizing unit boasts state-of-the-art integrated intelligence and advanced technological features. It can be used with a single or dual-lane infeed, and incorporates a range of features designed to protect the integrity of products during pallet preparation, while simplifying the format changeover by removing manual adjustment points as well as making other adjustments automatic:

• Gebo Cermex’s patented New PackTurn technology: a brushless rotating system for gentle orientation without shocks. An elegantly simple solution and a real innovation that gets rid of all mechanical orienting devices.
• A step-by-step servo-driven infeed via our electronic spacer system for gentle row and layer preparation according to the pallet pattern (no more mechanical spacer or no bumpers)
• A modular belt for pack infeed – flat surface so no more rollers, for greater stability and ease of maintenance.

PalAccess^™ (Photo Gebo Cermex)

The lifting unit is driven by belts instead of chains for a cleaner system requiring no lubrication and much less maintenance, thus further reducing total cost of ownership. An absolute encoder on the lifting unit, pushers and layer-conforming guides, to reduce the number of sensors and photocells as well as cabling, and removing the need for a homing procedure after power reconnection.

PalAccess™ has an ergonomic, tablet-style design and a more intelligent user interface, based on a touch-screen control panel. It offers the level of security required for production operations, including the two-hands operation principle to protect against incorrect use.

The new platform is also compatible with Gebo Cermex’s patented software solutions: the PalDesigner® pallet management program and Advanced Diagnostic, our palletizing assistance system to shorten and ease operator troubleshooting thanks to One Point Lesson access, either fixed from the HMI or remote from a tablet computer (both available as optional extras).