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A Curated Collection of Case Studies: Palletizing

Are you in the market for a palletizer and looking for the latest technology and innovations to streamline your packaging operations? Check out our list of case studies featuring palletizing and depalletizing equipment and the unique solutions that these pieces of equipment bring to the companies mentioned here. Learn how the equipment works, what it’s capable of, and which machine is right for your line.
Contract Manufacturing and Packaging
Co-man Improves Worker Safety and Glass Filling Line
Contract manufacturer Consolidated Mills’ new automatic depalletizer has increased the company’s cooked liquids filling line by 10%.
April 8, 2024
the Ska Fab FHA 5000 automatic depalletizer designed to discharge full-height pallets of empty glass jars or bottles up to 4,000 lbs.
Robotics
Cobot Palletizers Brew Big Benefits for Coffee Company
Chicago-area coffee company Napco Brands installs two cobot palletizers to speed production and free up eight operators to handle more specialized tasks.
March 21, 2024
The Robotiq Palletizing Solution with the UR10e cobot handles 1,500 boxes per day in a two-shift operation
Primary Packaging
New Fruit Snack Production Line Requires Sophisticated Packaging Gear
When one of the country’s largest producers of fruit snacks boosted its candy-making capacity, primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging had to be top-notch.
August 25, 2023
The case packer includes a pair of robots that quickly and efficiently orient cartons into the patterns required.
Robotics
Automation Keeps Kegs Moving at Yuengling
America’s oldest brewery continues a long tradition of using packaging robotics for keg handling, installing two new 6-axis robots that depalletize/palletize kegs at 400/hr.
August 4, 2023
Packaging Robotics: Keg handling at Yuengling
Robotics
Heavy-Payload Cobots Take on Palletizing
A range of higher-payload, longer-reach ‘industrial cobots’ introduced over the last two years are accelerating the use of collaborative robots in secondary packaging applications.
August 4, 2023
Packaging Robotics: ABB’s SWIFTI CRB 1300
Robotics
New Palletizing Solutions Incorporate Cobots
Packaging machinery OEMs deliver new cobotic palletizing solutions that offer features such as a small footprint, AI, smart vision, and quick deployment.
August 4, 2023
Packaging Robotics: Techman Robot’s TM AI Cobot series
Robotics
Integrated Robotic Packaging Line Future-Proofs Car Wash Supplier
Car wash supplier Sonny’s knew that to meet its ambitious sales goals for a quickly growing 2.5-gal detergent format, a semi-automated legacy system wouldn’t cut it. The resulting integrated robotic packaging line is the jewel of its newly opened facility
July 21, 2023
The new Diamond Shine Bullseye 2.5-gal automated packaging line is a key element of a recent move to a new manufacturing facility in Mentor, Ohio, all part of a 109,000 sq. ft., 20 million-dollar renovation project to accommodate increased production.
Primary Packaging
Filler, Seamer Lets Contract Brewer Keep D.O. Low
To contract craft brewer The Brutalist and its owner King State Beer, dissolved oxygen is four-letter word. A new filler and seamer combo keeps D.O. low and the beer quality high, while paperboard multipacks help to make an impact on the shelf.
March 10, 2023
From left, Aric Parker and Pete Lewis of King State and The Brutalist, Tegan Foster and Amanda King of Hawthorne Bottle Shoppe, and Vinny Giusto of King State and the Brutalist.
Secondary Packaging
Format Mix Shift Precipitates Speedier Canning Automation
Retail-friendly cans were already hot in craft brew when pandemic-related venue closures accelerated the trend. Dust Bowl Brewing Co.’s increased, sustained reliance on this container format convinced management to double down on canning automation.
February 27, 2023
Dust Bowl Brewing Co.'s name and tagline, Great Beer Born of Hard Times, is a nod to the Dust Bowl drought and ensuing migration to California.
Secondary Packaging
End-of-Line Automation Reduces Snak King’s Labor Pains
Branded and private-label snack producer Snak King installs 16 robotic palletizers and three intelligent automated vehicles to address labor shortages and resulting labor costs, as well as streamline its operations.
September 8, 2022
A Fanuc M-710iC/45M medium-payload, six-axis delta robot picks a case from the palletizer infeed for loading onto a pallet in one of 50 different configurations.
Secondary Packaging
New Case Packer, Robotic Palletizer, Let Wisconsin Cheesemaker Efficiently Offer Multiple Output Options
With a new automated case packer and palletizer, Wisconsin Whey Protein’s cheesemaking operation can now offer its customers bulk cheese in barrels or in blocks.
June 1, 2021
The Massman Automation compact cheese block case packer packages 40-lb. blocks in protective cases for safe shipment and handling.
Robotics
Video: Robotic Palletizers Boost Production Efficiencies at Soda Producer Radnor Hills
Award-winning UK soft drinks producer Radnor Hills installed three ABB end-of-line robotic palletizers from robotics integrator RMGroup. The move has enabled the manufacturer to benefit from process efficiencies throughout their production.
April 22, 2021
Packs of bottles needed to be palletized at a rate of 14 packs per minute.
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