Conventional Palletizing vs. Robotic Palletizing
October 14, 2025
Palletizing plays a crucial role in efficiently handling, storing, and transporting products.
What is Palletizing?
The process of stacking products onto a pallet to prepare them for palletizing plays a crucial role in ensuring efficient product handling, storage, and transportation. Important in manufacturing, warehousing, and logistical operations.
What is Conventional Palletizing?
Conventional palletizing is a method that uses equipment such as conveyors, layer-forming devices, and pushers to stack products onto pallets in a structured and efficient manner. This approach is widely adopted in high-volume industrial settings due to its ability to deliver high-speed throughput, making it ideal for rapid and consistent operations.
One of the key advantages of conventional palletizing is its durability. The systems are built with robust components designed for continuous use, and they typically involve fewer complex parts, which helps minimize downtime and maintenance requirements.
Conventional palletizing does come with certain limitations. It is best suited for uniform product lines, as it lacks the flexibility to easily adapt to varying shapes and sizes. Additionally, these systems often require a significant amount of floor space due to their fixed conveyor setups, which can be a constraint in facilities with limited room. Reconfiguring the system to accommodate new products usually involves manual adjustments, which can be time-consuming and labor-intensive.
What is Robotic Palletizing?
The use of robotic arms with grippers or alternatively suction tools to pick and place items. These systems are highly flexible and can handle varied product shapes and sizes. Robotic systems offer greater versatility where the solution can handle varied product shapes, sizes, and stacking patterns. These solutions minimize labor and improve safety with advanced sensors while offering a precise and stable solution ideal for facilities with limited space.
Robotic lines come with a requirement of specialized maintenance and programming complexity. The Signode service team can support to offer a robotic palletizing experience.
What are the Available Signode Solutions for Palletizing?
Signode provides palletizing solutions for multiple use cases to be integrated into your packaging line.
- Case & Bundle Palletizers: Designed to stack cartons, boxes, and bundled loads in high-speed operations using automated or robotic systems.
- Bulk Palletizers: Designed to handle large volumes of loose items like bottles or cans, with options for robotic arms and added stability features like tier sheets.
- Robotic Palletizers: The use of programmable robotic arms to flexibly and precisely stack a wide variety of product shapes and sizes, ideal for space-constrained and multi-product lines.
Get in touch with our team and discuss the automated solutions for palletizing available for your product line.