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Robot Palletizing Options for Flexibility

Robotic Palletizing Options

Leading the way in robot palletizing flexibility & technology

Palletizing is not always one case, one pattern, and one product. MCRI designs robotic palletizing systems around your product mix, rate requirements, floor space, pallet patterns, safety needs, and end-of-line flow.

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Robotic Palletizing

Case Palletizing

We palletize an almost endless multitude of different sizes, shapes, and weights of cases.

Can you stack?

  • ✓ Corrugated cases
  • ✓ Split-top cases
  • ✓ Plastic cases/cartons
  • ✓ Metal cases/cartons
We can.

Need us to pick?

  • ✓ One box
  • ✓ Two boxes
  • ✓ Three boxes
  • ✓ Full row
  • ✓ Full layer
  • ✓ Depalletize
  • ✓ Multiple case orientations
  • ✓ Something custom
You got it.

As the leading experts in case palletizing, we design highly flexible, customized solutions using robotic and vision technologies.


Talk Through Your Case Palletizing Needs

Robot palletizing cases

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Robotic Palletizing

Can, Pail, Barrel & Drum Palletizing

Palletizing cylinders for a variety of industries like paint & chemical, medical, building & construction, and others calls for specific, yet flexible design options.

MCRI can design a system that will handle different products by designing custom end-of-arm tooling, so changeover between drum sizes or load patterns can be easily accomplished by either the operator or through the design of the tooling.

Designed for heavy lifting and consistent handling

Many filled drums or pails are heavy. Having a robot do the heavy lifting can help lower on-the-job injuries related to manual palletizing. The robot’s smooth and consistent movements can also help improve quality and production rates.

Product Variety

Supports different can, pail, barrel, and drum sizes.

Custom Tooling

End-of-arm tooling can be designed around weight, material, and pick style.

Flexible Patterns

Changeover can support different load patterns and product sizes.

Safer Handling

Reduces repeated manual lifting of heavy cylindrical products.


Discuss Pail or Drum Palletizing

Robot palletizing drums and cases

One Cell for Drums and Cases

MCRI can design a robot cell that palletizes both drums and cases with the same end-of-arm tooling. This type of cell saves floor space and helps control the rate of both cases and drums. This could be done with large pails and barrels as well.

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Paint Can Palletizing

MCRI has worked on multiple cells for palletizing paint cans. These cells offer the flexibility of palletizing sizes as small as tester cans up to larger one-gallon paint cans by using a magnetic gripper.

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Robotic Palletizing

Bag Palletizing

Implementing a robotic bag palletizing system can help improve consistency, reduce manual handling, and support flexible pallet patterns for a variety of bag sizes.

Built for flexible bag handling

Bag palletizing often requires more than repeatable lifting. The system needs to account for bag size, fill level, product shape, stacking pattern, cycle rate, and how the bag is presented to the robot.

Multiple Bag Sizes

Palletize a variety of bag sizes in one location.

Safer Handling

Help improve employee safety and reduce ergonomic issues caused by repetitive manual lifting.

Custom Tooling

Consistent handling with a custom-designed end-of-arm tool can reduce product damage and dropped bags.

Higher Rates

Flexible, fast systems can increase rates and overall production, with high cycle rates up to 28 robot cycles per minute for bag handling.

Pattern Flexibility

Easy-to-operate systems support variable pattern placement programming and mixed-load pallets.

Floor Space

Robotic bag palletizing systems can help reduce floor space requirements.


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Robotic bag palletizing system

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Robotic Palletizing

Plastic Palletizing

Robot systems for plastic palletizing need to be flexible and allow for quick changeover. MCRI understands that the plastics and container industry is dynamic, with line changeovers happening each time product orders are filled. In some operations, that can mean dozens of changeovers a day.

Robotics can add reliability, flexibility, and mobility to applications where product sizes, demand, and packaging requirements change often.

Built for fast changeover and product variety

Plastic palletizing systems can be designed to support changing bottle sizes, container styles, accumulation needs, packing requirements, and downstream pallet patterns.

Less Manual Handling

Eliminate manual picking and packing processes for plastic bottles and containers.

Worker Safety

Improve worker safety by reducing repetitive motion and manual handling.

Easier Changeover

Reduce cost by simplifying the process and making changeovers easier to manage.

Product Accumulation

Better plan for product accumulation and product flow around the line.

Consistent Quality

Increase quality with more consistent controls for packing and handling bottles.

Operator Programming

Make it easier for operators to program and run new products.

More than palletizing

MCRI can also help automate related processes such as descrambling, picking, transporting, case packing, and removing bottles from blow molding machines.

Motion Controls Robotics understands these process requirements from working with companies across the plastics and container industry.


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Robotic plastic jug and container palletizing

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Robotic Palletizing & Depalletizing

Warehouse Palletizing & Depalletizing

MCRI has designed a variety of complex, multi-robot systems to sort, palletize, and depalletize products in high-rate environments.

Improvements in robotic automation, including more robot model options, 2D and 3D vision for robot guidance and product inspection, and parametrically driven control software, have made flexible, cost-effective automation more practical for distribution operations.

Built for high-rate distribution flow

Robotic warehouse systems can help manage product movement, reduce manual handling, improve order accuracy, and support better use of floor space in fulfillment and distribution environments.

Scalable Capacity

Easier to scale capacity up or down for high- and low-demand periods.

Process Reliability

Increase process reliability while reducing required floor space.

Faster Fulfillment

Speed up operations and improve order fulfillment efficiency.

Better Accuracy

Improve product selection accuracy to reduce customer returns, refunds, and picking errors.

ERP Integration

Support centralized data entry and integration with ERP systems.

Less Product Damage

Reduce packaging damage and improve the quality of retail-ready pallets.

More efficient distribution operations

By improving speed, accuracy, space usage, and product handling, robotic palletizing and depalletizing can help improve the bottom line of your distribution facility.


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Robotic warehouse palletizing and depalletizing system

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Robotic Palletizing

Roll Palletizing

Rolls come in many sizes and weights and are typically softer products that need more careful handling than some other products we palletize.

Rolls can be removed from winding, slitting, or upstream packaging operations and palletized with the eye in a vertical or horizontal orientation. The system can also be designed with an outfeed conveyor for sorting, quality checks, or product tracking.

Designed around roll handling requirements

MCRI builds custom end-of-arm tooling to push slit rolls from the slitting mandrel, pick rolls by the inner diameter, and palletize the product in a variety of patterns to meet order requirements.

Careful Product Handling

Support softer roll products that require controlled handling and placement.

Eye Orientation

Palletize rolls with the eye in a vertical or horizontal orientation.

Custom Tooling

Use tooling designed to push, pick, and place rolls based on the application.

Pattern Flexibility

Build a variety of pallet patterns to meet product and order requirements.

Add roll securing and product flow options

Shrink wrappers can be added to help secure rolls when pallets are moved out of the cell. Outfeed conveyors can also support sorting, inspection, tracking, or downstream movement.


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Robotic roll handling and roll palletizing system

Our systems are helping today’s North American manufacturers save money, keep manufacturing onshore, and meet labor demands for consistent production.

Robotic Palletizing Systems

No matter what type of product needs palletizing, MCRI has successfully stacked it. And we can help you start stacking.

From a simple, one robot cell to more complex multi-robot palletizing systems, we develop your robotic palletizing system to be the optimal solution for your process.

Easy-to-Use Robot Palletizing Systems

Designed to improve throughput, safety, flexibility, and reliability.

MCRI palletizing systems are built around your product, your floor space, your rate requirements, and your long-term production needs.

Throughput & Cost

Increase your throughput while reducing operating costs and floor space.

Employee Safety

Decrease employee ergonomic and harsh environment injuries.

Product Quality

Increase quality with improved product tracking.

Easy Changeover

Bring flexibility to your process by adding easy changeover options.

High Uptime

Use low maintenance systems with high reliability and superior uptime.

We Are There with You

MCRI supports your robotic palletizing project from concept through installation.

Our years of integrating robots has proven the importance of the integrator being there to collaborate and answer questions.

1

3D Simulations

We start with robotic 3D simulations for concept verification.

2

Project Manager

We continue by providing a constant communication network through your project manager.

3

Factory Acceptance Testing

We run Factory Acceptance Testing before shipping.

4

On-Site Training

We provide on-site training with first run.

5

24/7 Support

We leave you with 24/7 support after install.

MCRI Palletizing System Features

What can you expect from any MCRI palletizing system?

Each robotic palletizing system is designed around dependable automation, flexible controls, safe operation, and the peripheral equipment needed to keep your end-of-line process moving.

FANUC Robots

Systems are built around highly reliable FANUC robots with payload capabilities up to 2300kg, including EOAT weight.

Peripheral Equipment

A vertically integrated facility helps supply peripheral equipment and keep your project on schedule.

Recipes & Part Data

Recipes store part data such as product size, packing pattern, place locations, and vacuum pattern.

Barcode Readers

Product data tracking can be supported through barcode readers.

Human Machine Interface

Easy-to-navigate Human Machine Interface, or HMIs, support recipe adjustments, pattern teaching, and error reporting.

Robotic Vision Systems

Robotic vision systems can support product inspection, part location, line tracking, and more.

Pallet & Slip Sheet Equipment

Custom built slip sheet racks, pallet racks, or automated pallet dispensers can be included.

Sensors

Sensors regulate the process, including safety sensors, pallet present, product present, stack height, and other needs.

Custom End Effectors

Custom multifunction end effectors can handle pallets, bottom sheets, top sheets, trays, and/or top frames with no need for a tool change.

Finished Pallet Takeaway

Finished pallet takeaway can be handled with pallet conveyor or SmartCart AGCs.

Upstream Processing

Upstream processing can prepare or sort product for palletizing, full pallet transfer, and accumulation conveyors.

Variable Pattern Placement

Variable pattern placement programming handles various stack patterns.

Safety is built into every MCRI palletizing system.

Every system meets or exceeds RIA and ANSI safety requirements.

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