Just Another Veggie Tale

Recently, through one of our partners, we helped an end-user increase their throughput by 300 percent. The end-user produces and packages frozen vegetables. A single cell in the system palletizes 2,500 lbs. of frozen vegetables every 10 minutes. Prior to installation of the pallet dispenser, the system fed a single palletizing cell. Once our pallet dispenser was installed, it now feeds four cells instead of one – a 300 percent increase in production capacity. Another way to look at it – the system went from palletizing 2,500 to 10,000 lbs. of frozen vegetables every 10 minutes!

Challenge

Challenges included creating a consistent flow of pallets to various palletizing stations. Additionally, it was important for the solution to handle both GMA and CHEP pallets, the two most common pallets found in the food manufacturing industry.

Solution

Manufacture an in-line pallet dispenser with a 5 ft. infeed conveyor to better handle the production demands during palletization. A fork truck placed a stack of empty pallets on the 5 ft. infeed conveyor which then fed the pallets into the dispenser. To increase throughput, the fork truck placed a second stack of pallets in queue, ready to feed the dispenser once the first stack is finished. The process repeats itself on a continous basis. The result, post-installation – a dependable, high-volume flow of pallets to four different palletizing cells.

CDLR Specifications
Length:	5 ft. Overall Length
Rollers:	2-1/2" x 11 ga. with two (2) 40A21 Sprockets
Roller Centers:	6"
Effective Width:	52"
Motor:	1/2 HP Baldor Super E
Elevation:	18"
Paint:	Alba Blue and Safety Yellow Guards

Dispenser Specifications
•	Frame: Welded Structural Steel with Heavy Gauge Steel Enclosure Panels
•	Magazine: Steel Lined with Structured Support Channels on Three Sides
•	Fingers: Pneumatically Operated Pallet Holding Fingers
•	Lift: Electronically Driven Hydraulic Lift Table
•	Controls: Allen Bradley MicroLogix PLC and Pre-Mounted Devices
•	Conveyor: Dual Strand Drag Chain Conveyor integrated within the Unit

Alba’s "building block" approach allows design configurations to accommodate virtually any orientation of GMA or CHEP pallets. Typically, the dispensers are provided with all devices factory mounted with an Allen Bradley MicroLogix PLC providing fixed cycle controls and operation. After equipment placement, a simple handshake between a power source and the controls is all that’s necessary to provide dependable operation. Alba Manufacturing provides a Two-Year Warranty on all our standard catalogue products.

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