Rather than picking up the entire stack and relying on gravity to despatch the bottom crate, the Crate DESTAKer clamps the bottom crate down, lifts the rest of the stack up, and then despatches the bottom crate
Case stacks up for new dual crate destacker Brillopak has launched a new Dual
to a game-changing operating principle;
UNIQUE OPERATING PRINCIPLE
Crate DESTAKer for feeding empty retail
rather than picking up the entire stack
The Crate DESTAKer uses pneumatic
crates to food packing lines at high
and relying on gravity to despatch the
clamps to grip both the bottom crate
speed with maximum flexibility. Based
bottom crate, the Crate DESTAKers
and the upper (remaining) section of
on the same proven operating principle
clamps the bottom crate down, lifts
the stack. The upper clamp is powered
as the original Crate DESTAKer system,
the rest of the stack up, and then
by two servo motors, which lift the
the new Dual Crate DESTAKer destacks
despatches the bottom crate.
crates up to enable the bottom crate to
two stacks simultaneously, enabling
be moved out of the stack and indexed
handling of 18 crates per minute and
In a typical packing hall set-up, crates
into the downstream automated crate
servicing of multiple packing lines.
are transported to the line via forklift by
packing system. The use of servo
the pallet load (usually around 30 to 40
motors makes the destacking system
Brillopak’s Crate DESTAKers are
crates high). The pallet load is pushed
infinitely adjustable – the operator can
employed in packing facilities for food
onto an accumulation conveyor that
change between crate sizes, change the
products ranging from fresh fruit and
feeds stacks (usually five crates) into
speed at which the system accelerates
veg to meat, baked goods and pizzas.
the crate destacker, leaving operators
and decelerates and alter the height
The innovative system is prized for the
free to focus on other tasks while the
to which the stack is lifted – all via the
unrivalled flexibility and reliability it
machine continues to destack onto the
system’s user-friendly HMI.
offers versus the competition, thanks
line.
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