Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Stack forming apparatus
Patent
1993-01-21
1996-03-26
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Stack forming apparatus
364478, 414 21, 414902, B65G 5726
Patent
active
055015719
ABSTRACT:
An automatic palletizer system loads a random set of different size and weight boxes onto a pallet without a prior knowledge of the boxes to be loaded. As the boxes pass along a conveyor belt on the way to the pallet, a weighing, dimensioning, and scanning station determines the weight, dimensions and contents of each box. A processor uses this information to continuously remap the optimal pallet configuration for the loading of the remaining boxes as the pallet is loaded. A queuing station, under direction of the processor, reshuffles the sequence of a limited number of boxes to improve the final pallet configuration. The pallet is loaded by a robot arm under direction of the processor.
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Durrett William Van
Hieronymus Gerald W.
Pond Marguerite A.
Price Todd D.
Scurry Margaret L. S.
Hesse Karl O.
Huppert Michael S.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Knearl Homer L.
Krizek Janice L.
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