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International Depalletizer Handles 6 Different Pallet Types

Ska Fabricating’s International Microbus empty-can depalletizer addresses the needs of the European market. Like the original Microbus launched earlier this year in the U.S. and Canada, it’s optimized for small spaces.

On display at PACK EXPO International, the International Microbus is a semi-automatic empty can depalletizer that can handle six different types of pallets.
On display at PACK EXPO International, the International Microbus is a semi-automatic empty can depalletizer that can handle six different types of pallets.
Aaron Hand

Though the U.S. has standardized on mainly one pallet size, this is not the case in Europe, where manufacturers are dealing with a much broader range of pallets. With this in mind, Ska Fabricating has introduced an international configuration of its Microbus depalletizer—now able to handle six of the world’s common pallet sizes.

Like the original Microbus launched earlier this year in the U.S. and Canada, the International Microbus, making its debut at PACK EXPO International, is a semi-automatic empty-can depalletizer that features a manual hand crank to raise the pallet carriage and an automatic belt sweep that advances cans onto a rotary table prior to rinsing and filling. Capable of speeds up to 30 CPM, the portable depalletizer is optimized for lower-speed applications in the smallest of spaces.

Both the rotary infeed table and the automated sweep of the International Modbus can be folded away, making it easy to tuck the machine away when not in use.Both the rotary infeed table and the automated sweep of the International Modbus can be folded away, making it easy to tuck the machine away when not in use.Ska Fabricating

“This is a good fit for really small companies because it folds up and can be tucked away,” says Jake Kolakowski, chief customer officer for Ska Fab. Both the rotary infeed table and the automated sweep can be folded and locked down for storage after canning runs. This reduces the footprint of the already small machine to about half its full size, which is much needed in many small craft brew facilities, Kolakowski notes. “These places are so packed in, they don’t have a lot of space to work with,” he says.

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