Beumer Group has fundamentally re-engineered its high-capacity layer palletiser, Beumer paletpac. It now provides better accessibility, a shorter assembly period, higher flexibility and, as a result, lower costs. In high-performance lines, it will process even sensitive and valuable products in a gentle and efficient manner.
Beumer paletpac is part of the company’s layer series that stacks bags filled with bulk material on pallets gently and exactly, layer by layer. The products include cement, mortar, pellets, industrial salts and fertilisers filled in paper, polyethylene or polypropylene bags. Because it layers and stacks with geometric precision, stable bag stacks are formed. Multiple pallet loads created with the Beumer paletpac can even be stacked one on top of the other to save storage space. During its redesign, Beumer was also able to lower production costs, and this is reflected in the new purchase price. The new model also enables operating costs to be reduced.
What has changed?
Until recently, the system was equipped with large drives. Now small motors carried out as servo drives are used and optimise the energy consumption needed for the lifting movement. These motors need less maintenance which reduces user costs even more.
There is improved accessibility, so it is easier to clean underneath the machine. The external frame elements can now be folded, so the whole palletiser head will fit into one transport container. The palletising head doesn't have to be dismounted and the total number of containers sent to the customer can be reduced. This lowers transportation costs and shortens the assembly period on site.
The pallet pusher that automatically provides the hoist unit with empty pallets has also been modified. The guides for the pallet side plate have been modified, a new lateral guide system introduced, the drive performance changed and the system width decreased. Now the user can quickly and easily adapt the palletiser to different pallet sizes without the use of tools.
The new machine palletises bags up to a pack height of 2400 millimetres, in all technically possible packing patterns and on any commonly used pallet size - including intermediate sizes such as 1400 x 1200 millimetres. A multi-program enables the user to set parameters easily and quickly. It can be provided with a bar-type or clamp-type turning device or with a newly developed twin-belt turning device to position the filled bags quickly, ensuring their dimensional stability.
For easy operation, a Beumer Group Human Machine Interface (HMI) has been included. This operator panel, with an optimised user interface and optimised navigation, creates an easily understood and intuitive interaction, so that users can establish efficient working sequences. The operator can control the machine safely, independently of prior skills, training and capabilities, to save time and money.
