Robotics can play a role in pick-and-place, packaging, case packing and palletizing processes, but how do you know where to implement robotic automation?
A German winery finds a better way to stabilize pallets for highway shipping.
January 7, 2015
Headquartered in Freyburg at the Unstrut in Saxony-Anhalt, the Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH winery has a 50 percent market share of bottled sparkling wine in Germany.
The ISD LIFO pallet rail-shuttle system eliminates aisles and converts the end of each lane into an active storage and retrieval position; each lane holds up to 10 positions or more.
Available in a fork-over design for use with open-bottom pallets or an adjustable version with solid steel straddle legs for use with closed-bottom pallets, Presto Lifts PowerStak fully powered stackers have a turtle speed setting that reduces drive speed by 50%.
Integrated with a precision scale and digital controls, the ARPAC semi-automatic Pro Series LP Wrap-N-Weigh pallet stretch wrapper has a 4,000-lb. capacity.