Pallet Inverters

Cost is obviously a big factor in the decision making process when buying a pallet inverter / exchanger. Again, the newer styles of Pallet inverters rely heavily on multiple hydraulic functions and quite sophisticated control systems. With anything up to 5 moving features on a machine, the use of PLC control is inevitable and proportional hydraulics make the sequence relatively fast. This comes at a price which up until now has mostly only been affordable to the pharmaceutical industry.

Inline conveyor fed: Premier’s latest project is to rationalise this process and produce a more simple and universal model with options to upgrade additional features.

Customers are also increasingly interested in conveyor-fed, fully automated pallet exchange systems. The ideal scenario in most warehouse keepers’ minds is that a pallet stack can simply be placed on the end of a conveyor and picked off at the other end on a new pallet. Of course, this is feasible, but the challenge for exchanger system designers is to do it at a justifiable price. Loads which can be exchanged once onto a new pallet are relatively easy to handle. However, when the load has to be re-inverted onto a new pallet the original way up, this involves a lot of extra movement and handling. Solutions are being found and Premier Pallet Systems maintain their pledge to stay at the forefront of this technology.