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Entering the Industry 4.0 era, automation has become a key factor in helping businesses optimize production and improve productivity. In particular, Intech Group's robot loading and unloading station is a breakthrough solution, replacing human labor in heavy and repetitive tasks.
This smart robot system operates continuously 24/7 with outstanding accuracy and speed, helping businesses effectively solve many challenges. The robot loading and unloading station not only reduces labor costs and ensures labor safety, but also optimizes storage space and improves product quality. This is the key for businesses to move towards a smart and sustainable production future.
This smart robot system operates continuously 24/7 with outstanding accuracy and speed, helping businesses effectively solve many challenges. The robot loading and unloading station not only reduces labor costs and ensures labor safety, but also optimizes storage space and improves product quality. This is the key for businesses to move towards a smart and sustainable production future.
What is a robot loading and unloading station?
Robotic Palletizing Station is a complete automation system that uses industrial robots to automatically perform the tasks of loading, unloading, moving and arranging goods on pallets, used for light goods such as cartons, bottles, jars, packaging, etc.
This system is often used in factories, warehouses and logistics centers, where there is a need to handle large, heavy or repetitive quantities of goods.
Basic structure of an automatic robotic palletizing station
This robotic station is a complete automation system, including many components that work together to perform the task of loading and unloading goods effectively.
1. Collaborative Robot
- This is a robotic arm with many flexible joints, performing the task of loading and unloading products.
- Collaborative robots are designed to work safely alongside humans, without the need for complex protective barriers. This saves space and costs, and is easy to program and adjust.
2. Gripper (Suction/grip tool)
- This is the part mounted at the end of the robot arm, which is responsible for directly picking up and holding the product.
- This part is a vacuum tool, which is very suitable for picking up cartons or items with flat, smooth surfaces. Depending on the type of goods (eg bottles, sacks...), this part can be replaced with mechanical clamps or other specialized tools.
3. Pallet positioning system
- Ensures that the pallet is placed in the correct position, helping the robot to pick and place accurately and follow the programming diagram.
- Includes sensors and mechanical mechanisms to automatically bring the pallet to the working position.
4. Robot frame
- A solid foundation, keeping the robot fixed and operating stably.
- Usually made of steel or alloy, with enough weight to withstand the impact force during the robot's movement and lifting of products.
5. Electrical control cabinet
- Contains important electronic devices such as PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), inverter, and relays. This is the "brain" of the system, coordinating all operations.
- Neatly placed, separate to ensure safety and easy maintenance.
6. Control screen
- Allows the operator to monitor, adjust parameters, start or stop the system.
- Intuitive, easy-to-use interface (HMI - Human-Machine Interface), helping users without deep expertise in robots to still operate effectively.
- Basic operating principle of the robot loading station
Products are transported by conveyor to the designated location. Sensors identify the product and send signals to the robot. The robot will use a specialized gripper to pick up the product, move it and stack it on the pallet according to a pre-programmed diagram. This process is continuous, precise and automatic.
Outstanding features of the automatic picking robot station
This robotic picking station offers maximum efficiency and flexibility with outstanding advantages:
- The system can be completely installed in 2 hours, and changing a new path takes only 5 minutes.
- The robot achieves an impressive stacking speed of 8-10 boxes per minute and supports up to 800 different stacking diagrams.
- The machine is capable of stacking two types of products at the same time, compatible with trays up to 1300mm x 1200mm in size and automatically positions and rotates product labels accurately. These features help optimize space, speed and packaging quality.
Technical specifications of the automatic palletizing robot station
- Load capacity: 12 kg
- Operating area: Up to 1900mm (corresponding to pallet size)
- Stack height: Up to 2600mm
- Stack speed: Less than 12 products/min
- Accuracy: High repeatability of positioning
- Power consumption: Up to 3.3 kW
- Power supply: Single phase, 220V/50Hz
Benefits of using automatic loading and unloading robot stations
The loading and unloading robot station brings many practical benefits to businesses, especially in production and logistics:
- Improve productivity: Robots operate continuously 24/7, process quickly, increase loading and unloading speed, optimize production processes.
- Reduce operating costs: Replace manual labor, reduce labor costs. Fast payback period (1-2 years) thanks to long-term cost savings.
- Increase safety: Eliminate heavy, dangerous work, reduce the risk of accidents.
- Integrate sensors, protective fences, and smart safety systems.
- Improve quality: Ensure accurate stacking, reduce errors, improve packaging and shipping quality. Support handling a variety of goods (light, heavy, deformed) with high accuracy.
- Flexible and easy integration: Easy programming, change stacking specifications in 5 minutes. Integrate with conveyors or AGVs, suitable for many types of pallets.
- Space saving: Compact design, optimizing factory space compared to traditional systems.
- Simple deployment and operation: Quick installation, easy to use.
- Customization and scalability: Designed according to the specific needs of the business. Easy to upgrade to meet changes in the production process.
Applications of loading and unloading robot stations
Loading robot stations are an effective automation solution, widely used in many industries to perform loading, unloading, and palletizing tasks. Here are some common applications:
1. Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry
This is one of the industries that uses loading and unloading robots the most. Robots can handle milk cartons, soft drink cans, beer bottles, snack bags, candy boxes, etc. quickly, accurately and hygienically.
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2. Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics Industry
Robots are used to load and unload medicine boxes, cosmetic jars or small, light products with high precision. The use of robots helps limit human contact, meeting the strict hygiene standards of the industry.
3. Automotive and Parts Manufacturing Industry
In this industry, loading and unloading robots are used to move and stack large parts and components such as tires, engines, gearboxes or chassis parts onto pallets to prepare for assembly or storage.
4. Chemicals and Construction Materials Industry
Loading robots help handle heavy bags such as cement bags, chemical bags, fertilizer bags, or paint cans, chemical barrels safely, minimizing the risk of injury to workers.
5. Electronics and Consumer Goods Industry
Robots are used to stack boxes containing electronic components, household appliances or other consumer products on pallets, helping to optimize the packaging and shipping process.
Robots are used to load and unload medicine boxes, cosmetic jars or small, light products with high precision. The use of robots helps limit human contact, meeting the strict hygiene standards of the industry.
3. Automotive and Parts Manufacturing Industry
In this industry, loading and unloading robots are used to move and stack large parts and components such as tires, engines, gearboxes or chassis parts onto pallets to prepare for assembly or storage.
4. Chemicals and Construction Materials Industry
Loading robots help handle heavy bags such as cement bags, chemical bags, fertilizer bags, or paint cans, chemical barrels safely, minimizing the risk of injury to workers.
5. Electronics and Consumer Goods Industry
Robots are used to stack boxes containing electronic components, household appliances or other consumer products on pallets, helping to optimize the packaging and shipping process.
Intech Group - Leading automated robot loading and unloading solution
As a pioneer in the field of automation, Intech Group provides efficient and reliable robot loading and unloading station solutions. Our system is specially designed to help businesses fully automate the palletizing process, thereby optimizing productivity, minimizing costs and protecting workers' safety.
Contact Intech Group now for advice and a quote for a robot loading and unloading station, together enhancing competitiveness in the era of Industry 4.0.
- Hotline: 0966 966 032
- Address: Lot 6, Lai Xa Industrial Cluster, Tay Tuu Ward, Hanoi City
