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How it works

From station settings to a pallet on the machine

Pallet Designer is one window with six tabs, one tab per stage. Every tab ends with Save and go to, which saves the work and hands it to the next stage

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Six tabs

One path from a layer to machine data

  1. 01

    Station settings, once per machine

    Gripper size and open side, allowed orientations, overhang, pallet height, obstacles and the PLC array limits. Every design in the other tabs stays within them

  2. 02

    Layer designer

    Place the cases on the pallet by hand, or let Auto fill propose up to six layouts with the most cases, together with the interlocking layer B

  3. 03

    Mix designer (option)

    Assign product types of the same case size to the cases of a layer: by click, by area or by the required count of each type

  4. 04

    Robot move designer

    The algorithm computes the whole robot sequence of the layer: which cases go together, gripper position, approach direction, placing order. Manual mode for special cases, batch for many layers

  5. 05

    Pallet designer

    Stack the computed layers, alternate A and B, add slip sheets, check the pallet in 3D against the station's height, weight and layer limits, then export the data for the machine

  6. 06

    Order designer (option)

    Put pallets into input and output frames: palletizing and depalletizing on one machine, checked as one order

Layer designer with the Auto fill window: layout proposals and the number of cases

The shortest path: one click from a drawn layer to a computed robot sequenceAuto fill → Save and go to: Pallet designer → Generate pallet data

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Where the data goes

One pallet project, data for the whole machine

The program writes the files; the machine program reads them. That program is written once per machine, with the ready Siemens blocks or by your own team

Pallet Designer
Pallet Designer
  • layer and auto fill
  • mix of product types
  • robot moves, computed
  • pallet in 3D
  • production order
Station settings, once per machinegripper, orientations, overhang, pallet height, obstacles, PLC array limits
Files
JSON
Pallet data and picturesthe recipe, a 3D picture, layer drawings · main route
DB
PLC data blockthe recipe straight into TIA Portal
JSON
Production orderseveral pallets on one machine
CSV
Layers, groups, positionsfor robot simulation and your own tools
PDF
Specification sheetspallet, layers, robot moves, mix
Machine and people
HMI panelrecipes, orders and the layer preview for the operator
PLCholds the pallet recipe
Robot of any brandgets each pick and place from the PLC, cycle by cycle
Simulation and other systemsrobot simulators, MES, ERP, your own tools
Peoplethe offer, the customer's sign-off, the acceptance report

Siemens TIA Portal and WinCC Unified: a ready package. Every other controller and robot reads the open data, JSON with documentation and CSV. Other formats on request

Per robot move

What the machine gets for each move

Every computed move is one record in the recipe; the PLC passes it to the robot

Cases
which cases the gripper takes together and their positions on the pallet
Gripper
the gripper rectangle, the pick option and the placing option: straight, left, right or reverse
Approach
one of 8 directions, and how the gripper aligns with the cases
Orientation
the orientation of every case as it arrives at the pick point on the conveyor
Order
the placing order of the layer, and the reverse order for depalletizing
Try it

Run the six tabs on your own pallet

The trial is the full integrator edition for 14 days, with an example package of 7 scenarios

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