Pallet Dispensers
Pallet dispensers, also known as pallet feeders, are devices that are
used to feed or dispense empty pallets to conveyors in larger
palletizing systems or automatic palletizers. The most common
configuration for pallet dispensers is to be stationed between the
palletizing system or palletizer and a conveyor line of incoming product
units.
The use of pallet dispensers ensures that pallets will be correctly
positioned onto conveyors. However, pallet dispensers can also be used
to unload pallets directly to the floor. Common applications that
require pallet dispensers include high speed automated palletizing, load
forming lines, manual access for pallet dispensing and storage, ASRS
systems, pallet repair systems and AGV systems. Typically long-lasting
as well as highly reliable, pallet dispensers offer heavy duty
construction and the ability to interface with existing equipment.
Pallet dispensers are useful in industries such as medical, cosmetics,
consumer, food processing, warehouse, chemical processing, material
handling, paper and pharmaceutical. Pallet dispensers can dispense most
any pallet types including slave board, plastic, wood or metal pallets.
A
pallet dispenser holds a number of pallets, often ranging from 15 to 20
pallets, and then distributes the pallets one by one into the conveyor
or onto the work area. Pallet dispensers can be either manual or
automatic. Manual pallet dispensers are unloaded through the use of a
forklift. A forklift or a hand pallet truck can either access the pallet
in the front or on the sides with the forklift accessing one side and
the hand pallet truck unloading from the other side. Automatic pallet dispensers can be powered by hydraulic, pneumatic, or
electro-mechanical means and use that power to dispense the pallet
themselves, instead of having to be unloaded by another piece of
equipment. There are numerous different pallet dispenser configurations
including hook tine pallet dispensers, side entry pallet dispensers,
high level pallet dispensers and low level
pallet dispensers. Hook tine pallet dispensers consist of four swing-in
hook tines, which are sharp, projecting points or prongs mounted to a
hopper; they raise and lower in accordance with the pallet stack. Side
entry pallet dispensers consist of a pair of telescoping tines that are
mounted onto the deck of a hydraulic table and are able to project out
to support and elevate the pallet stack. High level pallet dispensers
and low level pallet dispensers, or floor space pallet dispensers, refer
to the positioning of the dispenser: high level pallet dispensers are
positioned above the conveyor, while low level pallet dispensers are
positioned on the floor next to the conveyor.
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