| Scope | Air conveyor, roller conveyor, depalletizer, palletizer |
| Function | Move bottles and cases without damage, stack outbound pallets |
| Key control | Accumulation pressure, guide rail gap, pattern repeatability |
| Types | Semi-automatic and automatic palletizing |
| Key decision | Manual, semi-automatic or robotic palletizing |
| Automation | Manual, semi-automatic or robotic |
Four inputs fix the shortlist: the product, the package, the daily demand and the number of formats per week. Everything else, including the brand of the PLC, is a detail that can be settled after those four are written down.
The conveyor is the only part of the line that touches every bottle. Guide rail gaps, transfer plate height and accumulation pressure decide whether bottles jam, scuff or fall. Most unexplained short stops on a mature line trace back to a transfer that was set for one bottle format and never re-set.
| Function | Manual | Automatic |
|---|---|---|
| Depalletizing empty bottles | Rack or hand stack | Layer depalletizer |
| Case palletizing | Operator with pattern sheet | Layer or robotic palletizer |
| Pallet wrapping | Hand wrapper | In-line stretch wrapper |
| Accumulation | None, line stops together | Buffer sized to longest stop |
Reference unit for this duty: the Depalletizing & Palletizing.
Enough to cover the longest normal stop downstream without stopping the filler, and no more. Extra accumulation hides a problem instead of solving it, and it adds floor space plus a place for bottles to sit and collect dust. The buffer size is a calculation, not a default.
Reference unit for this duty: the Conveying.
Floor loading for a full pallet stack, clear height for the mast or robot envelope, and a pallet dispenser within reach of the operator. These are building decisions taken before the machine is ordered, and changing them later costs more than the palletizer.
The same question is worked through from another angle in How to Maintain Conveyor Belts in Beverage Plants.
It is rated in cases or layers per hour and must exceed the packer output with margin. The number to compare is the pattern-adjusted rate, not the headline figure at one layer size.
A robot is more flexible across patterns and gentler on the pack; a layer palletizer is faster for a single stable pattern. The choice follows the pattern mix, not the technology.
It is rated in cycles per hour and depends on the layer pattern and the stack height. Compare the pattern-adjusted rate, not the headline figure.
When the pattern is stable and the labour is available at the end of the line. It costs less and runs slower, and it needs an operator for every layer change.
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Product: PET Bottled Sparkling Water, Canned Soft Drink, Canned Tea
Capacity: 25000CPH (250ml)
Solution:Three Lines,7000BPH(1.5L), 15000CPH(330ml),15000CPH(450ml)
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