Germany-based Baumer hhs says it has introduced a system that will reduce the use of plastic film in palletizing.
Before palletizing, the new application system sprays an anti-slip, hot melt adhesive onto the boxes, according to a news release. A small amount is enough to secure the boxes — ideally stacked in an interlocked pattern — on all layers of a pallet to keep them from shifting during transport, the release said.
In-house transports in particular are possible without any pallet wrap at all in many cases, according to the company.
“This resource-saving innovation for securing pallet and transport loads has elicited an overwhelming response across the market,” Martin Kotecki, Baumer hhs packaging business development manager, said in the release. “After observing the first few systems in operation at leading companies in various industries to verify the significant advantages, we are now shipping the solution worldwide.”
An investment in the solution can pay off within about a year, based solely on the sizeable reduction in plastic film consumption, the company said. The innovation minimizes the plastic film used to secure pallet loads, such as stretch, shrink and tube wrap, which in turn dramatically reduces waste volumes, cuts costs and simplifies logistics, according to teh release.
The system also streamlines de-palletizing work, because less plastic wrap must be removed, the release said.
As an all-around solution, the system can be flexibly integrated into the conveyors, between the end packing and palletizing of transport and shipping boxes, the release said. The basic version includes a mount with a crosspiece, two HM-500 hot melt spray application heads, a sensor for detecting the boxes, an Xmelt melter and an Xact controller, according to the release.
