Robotic
Pallet De-Strapping System
ADVANCED SIMPLICITY OF ROBOTIC PALLET DE-STRAPPING
SYSTEM ‘SEES’ RAPID PAYBACKS…..Over 15 systems
installed with international beverage companies…
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HartnessVisy Automation’s Robotic Pallet
De-Strapping System offers immediate cost savings in streamlined
production operations, reliability, labor savings and improved
plant safety. Designed
to automatically locate cut and remove plastic hold-down
bands that secure bulk quantities of empty cans, bottles
or other containers on pallets. The HVR4/PD cuts and disposes
of up to eight bands in two minutes.
Ideal for de-strapping/debanding a wide range of empty containers
stacked on pallets, the HVR4/PD is particularly well suited
for applications in the beverage industry
Operation
The pallet is conveyed into position on the exisiting infeed
conveyor. Unlike other mechanical solutions the top frame
does not need to be clamped as the robot is able to go into
a search mode to optically locate the top frame and cut
each strap. Strap can be clear or colored plastic. As each
band/strap is cut one end is retained by the patented cutting
head and fed to the cutter/shredder/recycling unit. Chopped
band is fed down a chute.
The system can adapt to new strapping formats and pallet
sizes off-line. The robotic destrapping system consists
of automated pallet conveying, a strap chipper, the robot
tooling and safety cell. The destrapper system requires
minimal operator intervention beyond basic starting, stopping
and mode selection. It is designed to be controlled remotely
by video camera.
No
operator selection is required to differentiate between
products if the pallet height is within tolerance and the
strap pattern is consistent between products.
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Benefits
- Unique
strap search technique
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4 bands per minute
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Compact footprint
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Easily adapts to wide range of strapping formats
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Environmentally friendly
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Easy-to-use intuitive operator interface and diagnostics
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Allows demanning of depalletizing area
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Easily integrated into existing product infeed lines
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Proven solution
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