Large Container Palletizer

Tri-Cal's Model TCI-LCP-15/30/35/55 Palletizer will automatically palletize 15, 30, 35, or 55-gallon drums. System includes pallet magazine, all necessary controls for either automatic or manual operation of the system, and 10' of declined gravity roll conveyor for full pallet accumulation (see Options).

• Containers: 15, 30, 35, or 55-gallon.
• Speed: Four drums per minute.
• Patterns: 55-gallon - four per pallet
  30 and 35-gallon - five per pallet
  Note: Pattern can be easily field-modified for other patterns.
• Pallets: 48" x 48" or 42" x 48" steel, wood, or plastic pallets.
  Note: System can be configured for other sizes of pallets.
• Controls: Allen Bradley® SLC503 programmable logic controller, 24VDC.
• Allen Bradley® form 800 pushbutton and selector switches
• Allen Bradley® form 100 and form 140 motor starters and overloads housed in a NEMA 4 wall
  mounted enclosure with fused disconnect.
• Power Supply: 24VDC regulated power supply; supplies all control voltage.
• Motors: ¾ hp, 220/440 3ph TEFC.
• Photo Cells: Banner Q45 infrared photo cells.
  Wiring: THHN 14 gauge - power; 16 AWG - controls.
• Enclosure: NEMA 4.
• Ball screws and ball nuts: Warner 1½" x ½ " lead; positions load in the X and Y directions; provides fast yet accurate placement (+ 1/8") of containers. Includes proximity switch to count screw revolutions; eliminates chain and gear boxes and their inherent mechanical problems and inaccuracies.

• Air cylinders: Festo air cylinders that are lubed for life; raise and lower the drum to place on the pallet; clamps the drum at the pick up position and activates the support pins at the pallet dispenser.
  
• Lift table: mounted at the pallet dispenser; raises and lowers the pallet stack to prepare a pallet for dispensing; includes a self contained hydraulic pump to raise and lower the lift table.
• X and Y lift table: moves containers in the X and Y directions to place containers on the pallet; moved by the ball screws and ball nut; ball screw is driven by an air motor; the X and Y tables move on Thompson linear bearings that move on 1½" diameter Thompson linear shafting and support rails.
• Coating: epoxy powder coated - a thermally applied process that includes sandblasting all structural support members to white metal. After blasting, the material is immediately moved to an oven for powder coating. This provides a superior coating to painting since the metal is heated to 350°F before the powder is electrostatically applied. Frame is Safety Blue and all moving components are Safety Red.
• Pallet conveyors: all roller conveyors are 2-9/16" diameter, 7 ga. rollers on 4½" centers, with 51" between the frames.
• Drum conveyors: 2-9/16" diameter, 7 ga. rollers on 4" centers, with 27" between frames.

Drums arrive at the palletizer via the inlet conveyor (by others or as optional equipment) and are transferred to the staging conveyor (provided). When a drum arrives at the end of the staging conveyor it is clamped and lifted for placement on the pallet. When a pallet is full, it is discharged to the exit conveyor. The next pallet is released by the pallet dispenser and the cycle repeats. Please note our system does not require slip plates or pusher bars for placement. These devices are high maintenance items and they handle the drums roughly. Our system picks the drums up and places them precisely and smoothly.

• Additional 10' sections of declined gravity roll conveyor for full pallet accumulation; 40' maximum.
• Powered full pallet accumulation conveyor: 20' long belt driven live roll conveyor with five zones; includes photocells to stage the pallets, and an end stop and forklift barrier at the pick up station.
• Powered inlet conveyor: chain driven live roll conveyor; rollers are 2½" dia, x 7 ga. on 4" centers.