Case Study: Carton Handling and Palletizing with an Industrial Manipulator

Packaging operations often require repetitive movement of cartons between packing, transfer and palletizing positions. HB Torque's application portfolio includes robot-in-box handling, packaging-line palletizing assist and transfer-assist manipulator cases.

The packaging challenge

Cartons may need to be picked from one position, guided across the workstation and placed accurately into a box, onto a pallet or into the next process. Repetitive manual handling can be reduced by supporting the load through the movement.

Solution approach

An operator-assisted industrial manipulator can support carton or packaged-load transfer while the operator controls positioning. The end-effector is selected according to package dimensions, surface, pickup method and destination.

Application inputs

HB Torque reviews package dimensions, weight, pickup position, placement position, handling frequency and available workspace before selecting the manipulator and tooling concept.

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