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This is the new palletizer from Qimarox! It is designed to automate container unloading in logistics. Read more about or watch the video of this case study to see how this logistics palletizer can improve efficiency when unloading a container.
Unique collaboration between Cartonmover and Qimarox
OMS saves manpower and improves health with Automatic Container Unloading
OMS International saves costs by automating the unloading of containers. The logistics service provider from Oosterhout has installed a unique solution from Cartonmover in close cooperation with Qimarox for this purpose. With this solution, boxes are unloaded at high speed and automatically stacked on pallets. The key to success is the unique pattern generator from Qimarox that automatically generates stacking patterns and translates them into instructions for the palletizer.
Unloading containers is physically demanding work. Employees must bend deeply, reach high and constantly twist their bodies to pick up the often large and heavy boxes one by one and lift them onto a telescoping conveyor. More and more retailers and wholesalers who import their goods are looking for solutions that make the work more bearable. A large proportion of them end up with Cartonmover, the company that eight years ago brought the first semi-automatic solution for unloading shipping containers onto the market.
New: Qimarox Pattern Generator
The decisive factor in choosing the Qimarox palletizer is the new pattern generator. This is particularly important when unloading containers. For each new container, the box size must first be determined and then a new stacking pattern must be created. "Manually measuring boxes and programming stacking patterns is a time-consuming task. The cost of this does not outweigh the benefits of automatic palletizing.".
The pattern generator developed by Qimarox works fully automatically. The employee only has to place the first three boxes in a 3D scanner to determine the dimensions. The underlying software automatically calculates the average box size including tolerances. Is the box size already in memory? Then the corresponding stacking pattern is called up. Is the box size not yet known? Then the software generates a number of new stacking patterns, from which the employee can select one. After the selection the pattern is automatically translated into instructions for the machine."
70 percent of box sizes
OMS is the first company to apply the pattern generator. An extensive test preceded this. Cartonmover first sent a file of 8,000 box sizes from OMS to Qimarox, 70 percent of which could be stacked automatically with the help of the pattern generator. "Then we sent a few test pallets with various box formats to Qimarox's demo center in Harderwijk. These could indeed be processed without any problems. That was enough proof to put the pattern generator into operation," Wiecha and Groters explain.
The Qimarox Highrunner HR9 is installed at a fixed location in the OMS International warehouse. The cartons are fed via roller conveyors and chain conveyors from Roltrax, which also supplied the integrated pallet wrapper and empty pallet buffer station. Flexible harmonica conveyors from Cartonmover connect this static setup with the mobile Cartonmover ERGO. The cabling, control and site management is in the hands of DH Automation. "All machines are built in the Netherlands. The entire system was installed on time according to plan." says Groters, who acted as the main contractor with his company Cartonmover.
24 hours a day, 5 days a week
Meanwhile, the Cartonmover Ergo in combination with the Qimarox Highrunner HR9 runs no less than 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. OMS is now able to process 10,000 cartons per day. Groters: "Originally, the Cartonmover ERGO was designed to serve three docks. By supplying additional flexible conveyors, OMS is able to deploy the machine at four docks, enabling the company to work through the night without having to move containers. The entire system has been running successfully for over a year now and has saved several FTEs. Partly because of this, the Return on Investment period is short."
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