Sidel introduces new compact palletizing unit with robotics and cobotics capabilities

FRANCE – Leading provider of packaging equipment, services, and complete solutions, Sidel has introduced its RoboAccess_Pal S palletizing unit, which combines cobotic and robotic technology.

The company says with these capabilities, the unit can provide an agile, operable, and compact alternative to manual operations for the food, home, and personal care sectors.

Known as the RoboAccess_Pal S, the new unit is to be presented at Interpack 2023 and Sidel says that this palletizing solution delivers improved performance.

Fabien Chiron, innovation manager for a palletizing product line at Sidel said: “We have designed RoboAccess_Pal S to deliver a solution, which offers the best of both the robotic and cobotic worlds, addressing the needs of our customers across a wide range of applications and market categories.

“With more than 1,300 robotic palletizing installations worldwide, Sidel has also led the implementation of collaborative robotics since 2011.

“We have built from this combined expertise to deliver an innovative mixed result, as well as additional brand new features.”

The RoboAccess_Pal S is said to deliver speeds of up to 12 cycles a minute and its size offers businesses a new level of compactness.

Available in 10 weeks, RoboAccess_Pal S is embedding three new patented features to provide an even higher level of agility, operability and compactness.

A light-weighted carbon fiber and 3D-printed clamping head help deliver higher payload capacity and overall machine footprint reduction while handling a wide range of secondary packaging.

Additionally, the patented folding guarding system ensures effortless movable Plug & Play capabilities.

Sidel is committed to ensuring a high level of safety standards, and a patented mobile physical curtain guarantees the operator’s protection during pallet supply and removal in addition to helping reduce the machine footprint further.

Its patented folding guarding system is set to ensure that the machine maintains its plug-and-play capabilities, while its patented mobile physical curtain apparently ensures that operators are protected during pallet supply and removal.

Earlier last month, the company acquired Makro Labelling to expand its offering in labeling machines. Makro Labelling is a modular labeling machine company that is based in Mantova, Italy, where Sidel already has its own plant.

With this acquisition, the Sidel Group will expand its state-of-the-art labeling technologies and broadens its reach in key market segments, and it will ignite a further phase of international development for Makro Labelling.

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