Project summary:
The goal is to transport empty containers from the output of the extruder, following the leak test, to the palletisation point. The containers are then palletised and wrapped.
Technical description:
The line consists of:
- Three pallet chain conveyors (various options: optoelectronic sensors + pusher)
- Three driven-belt conveyors (various options: optoelectronic sensors + mobile stop)
- A YASKAWA robot
- A fenced enclosure
- Complete electrical system
The containers leaving the test machine arrive in front of the pusher. Successive rows of seven containers are pushed on to the accumulation table. At the end of conveyor CV2, the cylinder VP2 pulls the rows on to CV3, which brings them to the input of the labelling machine, spaced out by a speed differential. Leaving the labelling machine, the containers are carried by CV4 to the pusher VP6, which pushes them at a 90° angle on to CV5 where they arrive in front of pusher VP3. Successive rows of nine containers are pushed on to the accumulation table CV6. When four rows have accumulated at the end of CV6, the robot picks them up and arranges them in a layer on the pallet being filled. The robot adds a separator between the layers of containers.
A degraded operating mode enables a technician to carry out the palletisation operations manually inside the fenced enclosure.
The filming cycle is started automatically once the pallet has been completed by the robot or manually by the technician.
Technical data:
- Product transported: five-litre containers
- Formats: single
- Rate: 900 containers/hour
- Number of hours of operation per day: 24
- Power voltage: 400 V three-phase with no earth
- Earthing system: IT
- Compressed air system: 7 bar
- Temperature: 20–40°C
- Cleaning: blower, cloth
Application:
This line can serve as a model that can be reused for products such as containers, but similar projects can also be created for cardboard or other boxes.
