Compact palletizer including a skeleton, subassembly, and stretch wrap system
AssigneeRoi Industries Group, Inc.
InventorKevin M. Saylor
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Abstract
A compact palletizer including a skeleton, stretch wrap system, and a subassembly. Components of the skeleton are constructed of aluminum, which provides advantages over the prior art in terms of strength, rigidity, weight, and cost. The aluminum may be pre-tensioned or prestressed to provide these advantages. The subassembly is preferably mounted to the side of the skeleton. The compact palletizer is readily portable, and robotic elements of the compact palletizer do not need to be reprogrammed after transport, so installation time is substantially reduced compared with prior art palletizers. A compact stretch wrap system further allows for wrapping palletized products within the compact palletizer.
Claims20
A compact palletizer comprising:
- a skeleton including a base, a frame, and an x-axis structure attached to the frame;
- an assembly including an x-axis subassembly, a y-axis subassembly, and a z-axis subassembly;
- and
- a stretch wrap system positioned at least partially inside the frame;
- wherein the x-axis subassembly is attached to the x-axis structure, and the x-axis subassembly provides an interface for movement of the z-axis subassembly;
- wherein the z-axis subassembly is attached to the y-axis subassembly, and the z-axis subassembly provides an interface for movement of the y-axis subassembly;
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- wherein the stretch wrap system includes a pre-stretch unit and a turntable.
A compact palletizer comprising:
- a skeleton including a base and a frame;
- an assembly attached to the frame, the assembly including an end of arm tooling (EOAT) subassembly;
- and
- a stretch wrap system positioned at least partially inside the frame;
- wherein the stretch wrap system includes a pre-stretch unit and a turntable;
- and
- wherein the turntable further includes an attached stretch wrap gripper operable to automatically secure an unrolled end of a stretch wrap film roll.
A compact palletizer comprising:
- a skeleton including a base and a frame;
- an assembly attached to the frame, the assembly including an end of arm tooling (EOAT) subassembly;
- and
- a stretch wrap system positioned at least partially inside the frame;
- wherein the stretch wrap system includes a pre-stretch unit and a turntable;
- and
- wherein the compact palletizer is operable to palletize a set of objects using the EOAT subassembly and wrap the palletized set of objects using the stretch wrap system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.