Process layout
Process Overview
This deployment uses a YASKAWA GP180 to palletize boxes of hanger products weighing over 20 kg onto pallets. By replacing manual handling in heavy-payload work, it helps prevent musculoskeletal disorders and enables faster, more consistent palletizing performance.
Note: Cost may vary depending on the installation environment, robot brand, and payload requirements.
Components
| Robot | YASKAWA GP180 Horizontal reach: 2,702 mm Repeatability: ±0.2 mm |
|---|---|
| Peripherals | Communication / control: Choose one (PC control or PLC control) Robot mounting base: within 1,200 mm (height) Box gripper: designed for 10–20 kg class (suction + gripper type) Belt conveyor: 1,300 × 220 × 640 mm (for infeed and outfeed) Touch screen: 12" Safety fence: 12 m (includes safety S/W) |
Workflow
| STEP 1. | Boxes are conveyed in and aligned |
|---|---|
| STEP 2. | The robot picks the box |
| STEP 3. | The robot palletizes (stacks) the box onto the pallet |
| STEP 4. | (Optional) Box taping and wrapping process. |
Features
Stable, reliable handling and palletizing/stacking operations.
Stacking orientation can be customized to maximize pack density and loading efficiency.
Tight, close-packed stacking between workpieces enables uniform, stable loads throughout the palletizing process.
Boosts productivity while improving the shop-floor work environment at the same time.
Rapidly palletizes high-weight cartons (20 kg+) to maximize throughput.
Minimizes idle time and helps prevent operator musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
Results
| Key Benefits | Improves productivity by enabling uninterrupted operation with minimal idle time.
Increases palletizing efficiency through uniform and stable stacking. |
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| Client Feedback | The customer noted that heavy boxes needed to be stacked high on pallets, but it was difficult and time-consuming due to physical constraints on operators. By introducing a palletizing robot, they were able to stack loads faster and higher with consistent quality, significantly improving productivity. |
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