With almost infinite flexibility in gripper positioning, cups on MCRI’s palletizing solution can be made to always locate on the end of the box top, to reliably pick up boxes with glued, split top flaps.
The Servo Adjustable EOAT allows users to adjust the line quickly to handle different case sizes and pallet patterns. The gripper and the continuously adjustable vacuum cups can be programmed and then easily selected by the operator. Also, the operator can easily recall a specific pattern from a nearly unlimited number of palletizing patterns stored in the robot controller.
For complex palletizing patterns, the MCRI Solution can locate vacuum cups based on variable case sizes, so the Servo Adjustable EOAT can pick up boxes from multiple lines and allow selective picking and dropping of one or multiple cases, This can include in/out label or other pallet specific case orientations.
Using a foam and vacuum area gripper I get varied results and boxes are sometimes dropped.
Because the MCRI Solution uses a Servo Adjustable EOAT – not a foam and vacuum area gripper – check valve and sealing foam issues, and foam degradation issues have been eliminated.
The Servo Adjustable EOAT can be programmed to know what type of box is coming off the conveyor, the pallet pattern used, and the proper pallet to use for palletizing the cases, accommodating multiple conveyors with different box sizes.
