Last year, the TRAPO GmbH team stood on the winners’ podium: The autonomous TRAPO TLS 3600 loading system was named “Best Product” in the “Identification, Packaging and Loading Technology, Load Securing” category. The team took this prestigious intralogistics industry award as an incentive to present another innovative solution live: At LogiMAT 2024 in Stuttgart from 19 to 21 March, the company will be showcasing a cycle for palletizing and depalletizing KLT containers in Hall 5, Stand 5D53.
The tongue-in-cheek live performance at the TRAPO stand is eagerly awaited by trade visitors every year. If the washing machine “eats” a pair of business socks or gets lost on a business trip, the team has the solution: if the machine is stopped by a buzzer, a perfectly matching new pair of socks can be grabbed from well-stocked KLT bins.
KLT boxes – universal and recyclable
Reusable KLT boxes can be used universally in intralogistics. The standardized design features prove themselves in highly automated production processes and complement sophisticated warehouse management.
TRAPO uses a gantry from the HPS series (High-Speed Portal System) to optimally pick up and move the KLT containers. In Stuttgart, the gantry will be showing a new side: at the trade fair, it will be operating with highly efficient performance in a limited space.
The gantry is equipped with a maintenance-friendly product layer gripper. The task: to pick up four KLT boxes each and transfer them to conveyor technology – two directly onto the roller conveyor, two are buffered in parallel and then pushed off. This creates a continuous sequence for final stacking and palletizing.
The gantry palletizer presented here palletizes boxes at a rate of more than 1000 boxes per hour.
In practice, several production machines can be connected.
Pioneers of conveyor technology
The company’s success is based on expertise in conveyor technology: Since 1957, TRAPO in Gescher-Hochmoor, Münsterland, has been manufacturing customized conveyor technology elements for every task and industry in order to sustainably optimize the flow of materials in production and intralogistics.
KLT containers are used in many sectors: from the food and pharmaceutical industries with care and high hazard areas to the automotive and mining industries. TRAPO patented a multifunctional gripper for small load carriers (SLC) back in 2016.
TLS 3600: New features and functions of the autonomous truck loading and unloading
A TLS 3600 replaces the task of several forklift trucks, which would have to cover the distance three times as often – with an enormous risk of accidents.
The new generation of autonomous loading and unloading takes customer requirements and practical findings into account:
- In addition to box trucks, vehicles with tarpaulins can now also be loaded and unloaded autonomously.
- Driving has been optimized and made more agile.
- The loading and unloading capacity has been further increased.
- The new lifting concept is a telescopic, more load-bearing application with three lifting steps. Three Euro pallets can be loaded lengthways or – by manually repositioning the outer tines – two Euro pallets can be loaded crossways in one go.
- In the latest TLS generation, the shortened control cabinet is located in front of the counterweight, including an extendable assembly platform to simplify servicing work.
- A new localization concept ensures greater safety in the system. In the plug and play solution, the navigation software has been optimized and the number of software modules significantly reduced.
- In the course of further development, the electrical system was also given a modular design: the autonomous loading and unloading system is designed for multi-shift operation. The system does not need coffee breaks.
TRAPO Experience Hubs with high practical relevance
The sales team will answer all detailed questions in exclusive lounges at LogiMAT.
TRAPO enables the perfect interaction of conveyor systems, robots, customized gripper technology and palletizing and depalletizing systems.
Special (de)palletizing expertise: In addition to conventional solutions with articulated arm and gantry robots, the TRAPO team will be providing information at LogiMAT about the flagship, the HLP 6000 high-performance layer palletizer, which can be tailored to any production environment.
Robots with individual gripper technology: To perform the required task perfectly, robot applications need the perfect equipment. Individual gripper technology influences and increases performance, adapted to the industry, product and package.
The new generation AMR with individual superstructures for customer-specific applications in the pallet transport segment. With special expertise in system integration, interface definition and safety issues.
Transparency with image recognition / visualization: The 3D coordinates of the camera collected in machines and systems are both transmitted to the robot controller and used for evaluations in ME systems.
1 system | 1 control: If mechanics and control are adapted to the respective production task from a single source, this reduces sources of error and saves the time-consuming coordination of several service providers. At TRAPO, a central contact person coordinates all matters – from design to production and commissioning to after-sales service, for the entire life of the machine.
Application in the clean room: TRAPO has developed a range of special designs for individual care areas adapted to customer products.
About TRAPO
TRAPO teams automate production and intralogistics worldwide, install machines, partial and complex systems: for (de)palletizing, packaging, conveying, warehousing, sorting and distribution technology as well as autonomous loading and unloading.
Over 65 years of expertise in mechanical engineering make TRAPO GmbH the perfect partner for all tasks in the packaging industry. Whether a new or existing system: thanks to the modular design, the systems can be individually configured for production and intralogistics areas.
TRAPO has had its own stainless steel production facility for over 50 years, where components for use in care areas are manufactured in accordance with hygiene design specifications. With its expertise in the automation industry, TRAPO has also established itself as a partner to the food and pharmaceutical industries.
The aim of the tailor-made, individual automation solutions: The harmony between economic success and the humanization of workplaces. Wherever possible, TRAPO engineers take sustainable solutions into account, for example in the conscious use of resources.