24.09.2012
Fully automatic truck loading of palletised bags
Haver & Boecker, Oelde, Germany, has expanded its range of packing and loading systems with the addition of a fully automatic direct truck-loading system. After the takeover of Newtec Bag Palletizing earlier this year, the introduction of the HAVER SpeedFlexx now rounds off the company’s portfolio of shipping logistics systems by combining direct, just-in-time, loading and conventional palletising technology with stockpiling of unitised loads of filled sacks.
The HAVER SpeedFlexx is a high-speed direct truck-loading unit with a loading speed of up to 260t/h. The system’s flexibility also allows delivery to stock in the event of dead truck times. Therefore high packing and palletising plant capacity utilisation is assured even during times when empty trucks are not available. By combining the proven components of stationary palletising technology with conveying technology, the SpeedFlexx system offers unique and reliable operation. Filled bags are unitised by means of palletsas well as palletless polythene wrapping.
The loading cycle begins with the scanning of the truck-bed surface. Using optical analysis technology, a three-dimensional image is generated and confirms that the truck is ready to be loaded. During the loading process, open trucks on two travel lanes are alternately loaded with stacks of bags. This is achieved by means of a feeding rack installed over the truck. Once the loading of the first truck is completed, the SpeedFlexx changes lanes in less than 12 seconds and the second truck, which in the meantime had positioned itself alongside, is then loaded.
Visitors to the Haver Technology Days in late August (see above) were able to witness the machine in action. www.haverboecker.com
The HAVER SpeedFlexx fully automatic direct truck-loading system
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