Oxford Industrial Automation
Robotic palletising

Robotic palletising systems built around your product and line.

Automate repetitive end-of-line stacking with a complete palletising cell engineered for the package, pattern, rate, pallet, available space and downstream handling requirements.

Production outcomes

What the cell is designed to achieve.

Performance is confirmed against representative products, the complete process and agreed acceptance criteria.

01Reduce repetitive manual lifting and handling

Application outcome to validate during concept engineering.

02Maintain repeatable pallet patterns

Application outcome to validate during concept engineering.

03Support several product and pallet recipes

Application outcome to validate during concept engineering.

04Coordinate with conveyors, wrappers, label systems and warehouse flow

Application outcome to validate during concept engineering.

Engineering sequence

How the application is defined before equipment selection.

The concept is developed from the full production sequence. This prevents the robot from being selected around one isolated pick while missing presentation, machine time, product variation or operator interaction.

  • Confirm package dimensions, mass and stability
  • Define incoming orientation, spacing and rate
  • Build pallet patterns and maximum stack heights
  • Select robot reach, payload and gripper
  • Plan empty/full pallet movement and operator access
  • Validate cycle time, guarding and changeover
Project information

What to send for a useful feasibility review.

The quality of the first concept depends on the information available. Photographs and video are useful, but product and process data allow payload, reach, cycle and interfaces to be checked more reliably.

  • Representative products and packaging
  • Target cases, bags or containers per minute
  • Pallet sizes, stack height and required patterns
  • Number of infeed lines and pallet positions
  • Available footprint and ceiling height
  • Slip-sheet, interlayer, wrapper and label requirements
Practical answers

Frequently asked questions

These answers provide an initial planning framework. Final requirements are confirmed against the product, process, site and applicable safety obligations.

What products can a palletising robot handle?

Boxes, trays, bags, buckets, drums, bottles in grouped formats and other stable packaged products may be suitable. Gripper trials can confirm difficult, porous, flexible or fragile packages.

How is palletising cycle time calculated?

It includes product arrival, accumulation, gripping, travel, placement, release, pallet changes and any slip-sheet handling. Multi-pick tooling can increase throughput where package and payload permit.

Can one cell palletise several SKUs?

Yes. Recipes can control pallet pattern, pick quantity, positions and surrounding equipment. Tooling and infeed presentation must accommodate the full product range.

Can the cell feed a pallet wrapper?

Yes. Full pallets can transfer to wrapping, strapping or labelling equipment when layout, safety and controls are designed as one end-of-line system.

Project review

Review this production task with us.

Send the product details, required output, available space and a photo or short video of the current process. We will review the application and identify the next engineering step.

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