Problem:
What is one of the best ways to automate loading and unloading of palletized cans?
Solution:
With magnets. The Lykes Pasco Citrus Plant of Litton Industries in Dade City, FL, USA installed four Eriez permanent
Magnetic Palletizer-Depalletizers to lift cans in lots of 100 and deposite them on pallets, a layer at a time. Can handling, slip sheeting and pallet handling are automatically programmed.
For depalletizing, the process is reversed. Cans are lifted from pallets a layer at a time and transferred to a chain unscrambler for labeling and packaging.