Method of erecting box for insertion of roll packed mattress

A method of boxing a roll packed mattress for shipment, said method comprising:

• using a picker actuator having a picker plate with suction cups to transport a flattened box to a transfer location;
• moving a transport plate of a transport actuator underneath the flattened box at the transfer location;
• activating suction cups of the transport actuator to grip a bottom surface of the flattened box;
• moving an erector plate of an erector actuator to a position adjacent to the picker plate above the flattened box;
• activating suction cups of the erector actuator to grip a top surface of the flattened box;
• disengaging the picker actuator from the flattened box and returning the picker actuator to its home position;
• raising the erector plate of the erector actuator while the transport actuator remains stationary to erect the flattened box into an erected box;
• folding closed vertical box flaps of the erected box;
• folding top and bottom flaps of the erected box outside the closed vertical box flaps to create a partially closed, untaped, erected box;
• moving the partially closed, untaped, erected box downstream past a tape dispenser to tape the top and bottom flaps of the untaped, erected box together to a create a partially closed box;
• disengaging the transport actuator from the partially closed box and returning the transport actuator to its home position;
• moving the partially closed box to a mattress loading station;
• inserting a roll packed mattress into the partially closed box at a mattress loading station to create a loaded box having an open end;
• activating a lift table to lift the loaded box to a standing position;
• manually closing all four flaps of the open end of the loaded box and applying a center tape seam to create a closed box;
• manually rotating the closed box and inserting closed box into side taping section;
• taping outer edges of closed box at each end of closed box to create finished box;
• and
• transferring the finished box to an offloading table.

A method of boxing a roll packed mattress for shipment, said method comprising:

• using a picker actuator having a picker plate with suction cups to transport a flattened box to a transfer location;
• moving a transport plate of a transport actuator underneath the flattened box at the transfer location;
• activating suction cups of the transport actuator to grip a bottom surface of the flattened box;
• moving an erector plate of an erector actuator to a position adjacent to the picker plate above the flattened box;
• activating suction cups of the erector actuator to grip a top surface of the flattened box;
• disengaging the picker actuator from the flattened box and returning the picker actuator to its home position;
• raising the erector plate of the erector actuator while the transport actuator remains stationary to erect the flattened box into an erected box;
• folding closed vertical box flaps of the erected box;
• folding top and bottom flaps of the erected box outside the closed vertical box flaps to create a partially closed, untaped, erected box;
• taping the top and bottom flaps of the partially closed, untaped, erected box together to a create a partially closed box;
• disengaging the transport actuator from the partially closed box and returning the transport actuator to its home position;
• moving the partially closed box to a mattress loading station;
• inserting a roll packed mattress into the partially closed box at a mattress loading station to create a loaded box having an open end;
• activating a lift table to lift the loaded box to a standing position;
• manually closing all four flaps of the open end of the loaded box and applying a center tape seam to create a closed box;
• manually rotating the closed box and inserting closed box into side taping section;
• taping outer edges of closed box at each end of closed box to create finished box;
• and
• transferring the finished box to an offloading table.