When designing an end-of-line palletizing unit, an upstate
New York machine shop melded
old-tech mechanics with
state-of-the-art technology.
But more is often less when machinery is over-designed, and engineers do well to recall the advice to "Keep It Simple." A recent example is the K-Bot palletizer, an end-of-line, cable-powered, four-axis machine with a small footprint and a lot of muscle and versatility in building multiple pallet configurations. An alternative to sophisticated robotic palletizing units, K-Bot actually has several advantages over higher priced alternatives.