23-04-2026
In the beverage and canning industry, final productivity depends on the stability with which containers enter the system. If the infeed is unreliable, the entire downstream operation suffers from performance drops. How can you ensure your factory's uninterrupted feeding?
Depalletization involves complex variables of load dynamics, waste management, and synchronization that determine the installation's final OEE. The EvoDPal series by Pentaline® is based on a modular design concept, allowing the robot's kinematics to be equipped with interface technologies specific to each industrial challenge. With a strict focus on operational continuity, these depalletizing units go beyond simple product transfer: they were designed for integral load unit management, ensuring the coordinated handling of containers, cardboard interlayers, and empty pallets within the same work cycle.
For products handled by the layer, the choice of gripper is the factor that ensures stability during critical acceleration phases. In the EvoDPal Omnis model, focused on high throughput, the technological choice strictly adapts to the product's physical properties:
The preferred solution for irregular layers or flat-top products. Our solutions incorporate energy-efficient, smart vacuum management with flow reversal, ensuring self-cleaning of the channels and constant suction force.
Configured for robust mechanical clamping of packs, boxes, crates, or buckets. These heads can be combined with vacuum for maximum versatility in high-complexity scenarios.
For metallic containers (cans or lids), this technology offers clean, high-speed transfer with reduced mechanical wear.
Certain products require superior movement control. Narrow-neck bottles or containers with high centers of gravity require a sweep technique to eliminate the risk of falls and micro-stops:
Using a centering ring with jaws, the system secures the interlayers and supports the lower layers during extraction, ensuring the load unit remains stable until the very last container.
The transition to multi-lane tables with pneumatic rulers or pressureless aligners ensures the product enters the filling phase smoothly, without shocks, and respecting the nominal cadence.
When layout complexity requires handling multiple references (SKUs) or geometries that do not allow layer treatment, the EvoDPal Eximo ensures the necessary precision:
Robots equipped with high-sensitivity grippers perform unit or group pick & place, protecting the integrity of delicate or asymmetrical packaging.
Format transition is automatic via software. Without the need for mechanical adjustments, reconfiguration is instantaneous, allowing an agile response to production plan variations.
The architecture of EvoDPal installations is sized to allow production capacity expansion without a total layout re-engineering:
One EvoDPal robotic unit enables the depalletising of multiple lines to be consolidated into a single installation.
Cadence can be increased by adding modules or a dedicated second robot for interlayer or empty pallet management, allowing the main robot to focus on the depalletizing cycle.
The bottom-entry design facilitates technical interventions and rapid commissioning. Simultaneously, robust mechanical construction and user-friendly operation ensure future maintenance is simple and predictable.
For a technical analysis of how our Depalletization Solutions can be integrated into your specific layout to optimize line cadence, request a technical consultation.
