Technologies

Secondary Packaging

Three-stage secondary packaging systems: case, carton and tray forming, product loading, and case closing.

Case, carton and tray forming
Vision-guided product grouping and packing
Closing with hot melt adhesive or tape
Automatic format changeover for multi-format production

Palletizing

From cobot cells to high-level palletizers: robotic palletizing and depalletizing for cases, bags, pails and drums.

Pallet Packaging

Stretch wrapping, stretch hood and vertical/horizontal strapping: securing the pallet for the journey ahead.

Pallet wrapping with stretch film
Heat-free stretch hood application
Vertical strapping
Horizontal strapping

Transport & Storage

AMR, AGV and automated storage systems that move full pallets from the end of the line to the warehouse without a driver.

Autonomous pallet transport from line end to warehouse
Routing to the dispatch area
Automated put-away and retrieval in high-density racking

Automatic case erector with its flat-blank magazine loaded

Case, Carton & Tray Forming

Forming up to 35 cases per minute from flat blanks: cases, cartons and trays, with hot melt glue or tape.

Case loading machine with twin delta robots and an operator panel

Case, Carton & Tray Packing

Vision-guided packing at up to 165 products (18 cases) per minute, built for multi-format production.

Enclosed case sealing unit with a guarded frame and integrated conveyor

Case, Carton & Tray Closing

Closing filled cases at up to 42 per minute with hot melt glue or tape, across multiple case formats.

Compact cobot palletizing cell with a stacked carton pallet and a touchscreen control cabinet

Compact Palletizer

A fully enclosed compact cobot palletizing cell in two frame sizes (Standard and XL), handling up to 50 kg and pallets up to 2850 mm.

Custom cell combining case forming, robotic palletizing and pallet stacking stations

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.

Robot arm stacking bags arriving on the conveyor into layers on a pallet

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.

Robot arm arranging blue drums in rows on a pallet

Pail & Drum Palletizing

The pail and drum palletizing system places pails and drums on the pallet with an application-specific gripper that combines vacuum and clamp gripping, with high precision placement in drum positioning. It runs fully automatically and is ready for integration into production lines.

High-level layer palletizer with access stairs, platform and pallet magazine

High Level Palletizer

A high level palletizer is a high-speed palletizing system that feeds product at an elevated level, forms complete layers automatically and transfers each layer to the pallet in one move. Its capacity is up to 2,400 boxes per hour.

Robot arm combining cases of different sizes and colours into a single mixed pallet

Mixed Palletizing

Multiple SKUs on a single pallet: order-based mixed pallet building with configurable pallet sizes.

Depalletizing system with an empty pallet magazine, conveyor line and a robot arm unloading cases

Depalletizing

Emptying full pallets of bottles, drums, jugs, pails and cases at up to 30 products per minute and 57 kg.

Robot arm inside a fenced cell cutting bags and emptying them into a stainless hopper

Bag Opening & Emptying System

A low-dust system that opens bags automatically and discharges their contents completely into the process.

Gantry-frame stretch wrapping machine carrying the yellow wrapping arm

Stretch Wrapping

Pallet wrapping with stretch film, where load stability and film consumption are set in the same recipe.

Stretch hood machine drawing a stretched film hood over a bagged load on the conveyor

Stretch Hood

A heat-free stretch film hood that closes over the top and all four sides of the load in one piece.

Vertical strapping machine applying a strap around a carton pallet on the conveyor

Vertical Strapping

A strapping station that binds the load to the pallet on the vertical axis.

Horizontal Strapping

A station that straps the pallet load around its perimeter, tying the layers to each other.

AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot)

An AMR (autonomous mobile robot) moves full pallets automatically from the end of the line to the warehouse or dispatch area. It senses its working environment and sets its route dynamically, without fixed guides, magnetic tape or special floor infrastructure.

Yellow and black automated guided vehicle carrying a loaded pallet along a guide line

AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle)

An AGV (automated guided vehicle) moves full pallets automatically from the end of the line to the warehouse or dispatch area along predefined routes. It follows the same route every cycle using floor guides or reference points.

High-bay automated warehouse: multi-level racking aisles filled with pallet locations and a red shuttle carrying a pallet of cases between them; the close-up bubble at top right shows the shuttle placing the pallet into its location

ASRS / Automated Storage

An ASRS (automated storage and retrieval system) places pallets into racking and retrieves them automatically, for efficient pallet handling in high-density warehouse environments.

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Resources

Technical material for planning end-of-line automation: engineering articles, the 32-page Cortiva catalogue with machine-by-machine product brochures, and an ROI calculator that runs on your own figures.

In this section

Reading: Technical articles: palletizing investment, gripper selection and line planning

Case studies: delivered installations shared with customer approval
Downloads: The Cortiva end-of-line automation catalogue

System videos and field recordings
Tools: ROI calculator: an indicative assessment for automation investment

What is this section for?

End-of-line automation is a decision most plants make once every few years. At the point of decision, what is usually to hand is supplier brochures, and brochures describe the machine, not the decision. The material here is written to fill that gap: where the difference between a cobot and an industrial robot actually starts to matter, why gripper selection comes before system selection, when stretch wrapping is the right answer and when stretch hood is, and when mixed palletizing is genuinely required. Technical figures always come with their source. We do not publish unverified throughput, saving rates or payback periods; those vary by plant and can only be calculated with your own data.