Automation at the end of the line

For a few years, FB Balzanelli has been manufacturing, along with its well known series of automatic coilers, fully automated systems to complete the packaging of the coils themselves. The company R&D, oriented towards innovation, consolidated a high level of coilers reliability by integrating them into the lines, as a standard application, to ensure the general efficiency of the plant. Thanks to the use of FB Balzanelli coilers, which ensures the quality of packaging, bringing to a perfect final product presentation, pipe manufacturers can now focus on manufacturing high packaging.
Adapting to market demands, coilers can be programmed to pack a certain quantity of pipes by just applying preset recipes, with no need for an operator's assistance to do so. This feature ensures consistency in packing without stopping production, thus maximizing the extrusion line output. To complete the packaging phase, FB Balzanelli has introduced various systems to collect coils. The basic models are conveyor systems, to be installed behind several production lines and managed by a dedicated software, whilst the most advanced model is a coil offloading system, integrated with coils stacking onto pallets. This particular system, completing the range, has attracted great attention from pipe manufacturers. With more traditional systems, the operator had to take care of the collection of the coils coming from the coiler to be then moved towards the storage area, but today these operations can finally be fully automated.
The systems manufactured can be adapted to customers' needs and grow according to them. A simple pick and place arm for coils can be easily integrated with pallet dispensers, stretch wrap station and roller conveyors for handling. In this way, the end-of-line efficiency is increased by completing the packaging process of the pipe without the intervention of the operator. In many countries, where labour costs have a significant impact on the finished product cost, it becomes mandatory to integrate systems for winding and palletizing coils. FB Balzanelli provides its expertise to find the system that best fits the pipe manufacturers' needs.