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Example line architectures
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Palletizing heavy, differently shaped loads (valve bags, pails and drums) with dust control designed into the cell.

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Industry Overview

A chemical plant's end of line rarely handles one format. Valve bags, pails and drums coexist on the same site, and each one means a different gripping method, a different pallet pattern and a different weight class.

With powdered products the second issue is dust. Bag opening and emptying stations are engineered for low dust generation, while equipment selection and protection level are set project by project against the actual site conditions.

Challenges and Answers

The industry's challenge, Cortiva's answer

01
Challenge

Valve bags, pails and drums are palletized on the same site, and each needs a different gripping method.

Cortiva Answer

Vacuum and clamp gripper solutions are selected by product type, with separate holding arrangements for bags, pails and drums.

02
Challenge

With powdered products, dust release during emptying and palletizing has to stay under control.

Cortiva Answer

Bag opening and emptying stations are engineered for low dust generation; dust control is part of the cell design.

03
Challenge

Unit weights are high, making manual stacking both slow and ergonomically unsustainable.

Cortiva Answer

Heavy loads are palletized robotically, with pallet height and pattern set against product weight.

04
Challenge

Site conditions (dust, chemical contact, spillage) directly drive equipment selection.

Cortiva Answer

Equipment selection and protection level are assessed project by project against real site conditions.

Related Solutions

Systems used in this industry

Application Systems

Which end-of-line step do we automate in this industry?

Custom cell combining case forming, robotic palletizing and pallet stacking stations Custom Palletizing Custom Palletizing Purpose-built palletizing cells: single or multiple infeed, unit, row or layer picking, products up to 57 kg and pallets up to 2743 mm. View Details Robot arm stacking bags arriving on the conveyor into layers on a pallet Bag Palletizing Bag Palletizing Palletizing for paper, PP woven, PE and valve bags at up to 20 bags per minute, with bag weights from 5 to 50 kg. View Details Robot arm arranging blue drums in rows on a pallet Pail & Drum Pail & Drum Palletizing Six-axis industrial robots with combined vacuum and clamp gripping for precise stacking of pails and drums. View Details Depalletizing system with an empty pallet magazine, conveyor line and a robot arm unloading cases Depalletizing Depalletizing Emptying full pallets of bottles, drums, jugs, pails and cases at up to 30 products per minute and 57 kg. View Details Robot arm inside a fenced cell cutting bags and emptying them into a stainless hopper Bag Opening & Emptying Bag Opening & Emptying System A low-dust system that opens bags automatically and discharges their contents completely into the process. View Details Stretch hood machine drawing a stretched film hood over a bagged load on the conveyor Stretch Hood Stretch Hood A heat-free stretch film hood that closes over the top and all four sides of the load in one piece. View Details
Example Line Architectures

Which line do these machines come together on in this industry?

Example Configuration These are typical system architectures, not records of delivered projects. See Case Studies for completed installations.

  1. Chemical & Detergent Packaging Line

    A typical line where heavy packaging such as pails, jugs and drums is palletized with precise placement.

    1. Palletizing
    2. Pallet Packaging

  2. Bag Palletizing Line

    A typical line where paper, PP woven, PE and valve bags are shaped and then palletized.

    1. Palletizing
    2. Pallet Packaging

  3. Bag Depalletizing & Emptying Line

    A typical feeding line where raw material bags are taken off the pallet, opened automatically and emptied.

    1. Palletizing

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