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Fully automatic stacking and palletizing of small load carriers

Multifunctional and resistant gripping system combined with a customized sorting and palletizing application

Customer
Rhenus Wörth,
Logistics service provider

Year
2025

The highlights at a glance
Elimination of semi-finished products and tools, independence from geometry and volume thanks to low fixed costs and optimized warehousing, digital process chain with fast response times and short distribution channels, „just-in-sequence“ finishing“
Short ROI period
Versatile and robust gripping system
Icon-based operating concept
Cost savings for additional mechanics
Efficient use of space through process combination
Resource-saving for subsequent maintenance work
Palletizing and depalletizing
The project
The challenge

With more than 100 years of experience designed Rhenus AL Wörth GmbH offers innovative solutions along the entire supply chain in the automotive industry. The Palletizing gripper should be pallets, lids and 5 different KLT types act - and so a robust, error-free sorting and Palletizing process safeplace.

The solution

The result is an extremely efficient sorting and Palletizing application with a multifunctional 3-in-1 gripper as well as a icon-based user interface. The highflexible gripping conceptmakes it possible to perform different process steps with just one System concept map.

The entire process begins with the Sorting the KLT (small load carriers). A combination of size and color recognition is used to identify all Lowrunner (KLT types that occur in special dimensions and small quantities and are treated separately) reliably sorted out. This is followed by the Stacking the KLT: The five Highrunner (defined boxes that can be palletized together) are sorted by type onstacked and about the conveyor technology the Palletizing robots supplied. 
In the following Palletizing the KLTs with the help of a sophisticated Servo technology individually stacked on Euro or industrial pallets. Once the pallet has been fully loaded, the Uncovering and strapping: The Palletizing gripper places the lid on the pallet before it is forwarded for strapping, to additional stability for onward transportation. 
In conclusion provides the Pallet provision for a seamless Transition: The innovative 3-in-1 multifunctional gripper automatically places a new empty pallet, allowing the entire process to start again from the beginning. 

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Heiko Wenzel
Head of Robotics & Intralogistics Division
+49 (7520) 9513 - 0
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