Palletiser / de-palletiser heads

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Applications

These high specification Pneumatically Switchable Permanent Magnets are extensively used for both palletising and de-palletising of products in full layers, to and from production lines. When these units are used in transfer systems incorporating numerous product changes high benefits are realised. Downtime is reduced as no gripper changes are required.

Typical Profile of Users

  • Machine manufactures / integrators
  • Robot manufacturers
  • Aerosol fillers / manufacturers
  • Tin-packaged product manufacturers
  • Tin-capped glass jar fillers
  • Manufactures needing to load or unload ferrous product in bulk.

Product

  • Virtually any tin or capped glass container of product, can be lifted whether full or empty
  • Layer pads can also be removed within the lifting operation
  • Finished product, shrink wrapped or boxed can also be transported without fear of damage to product or packaging
The Magnet

The magnet is manufactured to suit the customer’s requirements, the magnet is comparatively light, its weight, plus the product weight, must be taken into account when integration is being made with either a gantry system or robot.

Eclipse Magnetics produce a full range of de-palletising magnets. This ranges from units designed to pick individual components, through to the units to suit the full range of pallet sizes including the Euro Pallet.


Magnet Operation


The magnetic heads are a High Specification Pneumatically Switchable Permanent Magnet arrangement. The magnet weight to performance ratio makes it ideal for robot and gantry integration. The high-energy magnets retain their magnetism indefinitely never needing to be re-energised. The magnet arrangement is determined during the design stages; this takes account of all product types that require moving. The magnetic face is supplied with a stainless steel contact / wear plate. To give the unit rigidity and long life. High quality precision bearings and pneumatic cylinders are used.


Compressed air is used to switch the magnet On / Off, the magnet remains on in the event of total air failure.


This failsafe feature is extremely beneficial in the environments where these magnets operate. The magnetic head movement is enclosed reducing the risk of contamination with your products in pre-filling applications. The magnet head will pick up product through normal packaging materials or even boxed products if required. Air pressure required: 5 bar minimum, 7 bar maximum.


Additional Options Available


  • Magnetic state sensors - feed back of magnetics state achieved using on / off reed switches. Normally supplied as standard
  • Vertical Compliance assemblies - vertical compliance assemblies ennsure magnet head is correctly seated on the product. 100mm of vertical movement
  • Over travel sensors - crash protection on each vertical compliance assembly provided by non-contact proximity sensor
  • Part present sensors - each magnet has two non-contact inductive sensors to give part present sensing below the contact face
  • Layer pad removal - integrated vacuum pads located in the magnet face allow lifting of layer pad and complete layer of product simultaneously. Layer pad / packing material can be moved to separate location after product has been released. Vacuum usually supplied by onboard venturies.
  • Pallet removal - pneumatically operated jaws integrated into magnet head. These clamp under the pallet. Adjustments can be made so jaws can accommodate different pallet sizes.