Loading system for palleting mixed products on a target pallet

A loading system for palletizing mixed products or trays on a target pallet, having at least two infeed conveyors for the products to be palletized, at least one grab head and a control means for controlling said conveyors and said grab head such that the grab head which is configured to take products from one of the infeed conveyors in a predetermined sequence and to stack said products on a loading plate, via which at least one product stack can be transferred to the target pallet, wherein a base surface of the loading plate is larger than the base surface of the target pallet and wherein a plurality of at least two product stacks are arranged on the loading plate during stacking and which are arranged at a distance (a) from one another in a level and further comprising a centering device controlled by the control means to push the product stacks together approximately to the size of the target pallet;

• and wherein the centering device includes five sliding panels which are slidably guided in the push-together direction and two of which can be slid apart to open a transport path.