Pallet changers
A pallet changer is an essential tool in material handling and automation systems. It is used for the transport and exchange of pallets with goods or products in various industries (food, logistics, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, etc.). There are several types of pallet changers that vary in design, mechanism and functionality: mobile pallet changers (which can be moved inside the factory), stationary (fixed position) or in-line pallet changers (which can be integrated into a packaging line and works in continuous flow).
Pallet changers have the following benefits:
- Compliance with hygiene rules: replacing wooden pallets (delivery area) with aluminum pallets (production area)
- Reducing delivery costs, by using cheap pallets, considering that in general the pallets with which products are delivered are not returned. The plastic pallet is too expensive to be used as a delivery pallet, the pallet changers allow replacing the plastic/aluminum pallet (from the production area) with a wooden pallet.
- replacement of damaged pallets: during the processes of loading, unloading or reloading the goods, damage to the pallets may occur caused by the blades of a forklift or accidental hits during handling.
