Barrel Industry
Industry Overview
The market for barreled water, cooking oil, and sauces continues to grow, and palletizing finished products places heavy loads on workers. Most plants still stack barrels manually: labor is hard to find, costs are high, and rough manual stacking easily dents barrels and leaves stacks crooked or collapsed. Changeovers between multiple barrel specifications are time-consuming, and workshop hygiene and safety hazards are prominent — the industry is accelerating its shift to flexible, automated intelligent palletizing.
iNexBot Intelligent Palletizing System in Production
Industry Pain Points
Heavy barrel handling is a notorious "grunt job" — the intense physical strain makes workers hard to recruit, and there are injury risks such as crushing and lower-back strain.
Manual palletizing is slow and stacks are unstable, dragging down line efficiency and leading to collapsed stacks during warehouse transfer.
Barrel stacks have a single pattern with no interlocking layers, making them easy to topple; handle orientation is inconsistent and barrel surfaces are reflective, adding further complications.
Solution Advantages
The palletizer directly replaces heavy manual labor for picking and palletizing; custom grippers grasp products securely without slipping, producing neat, stable stacks
One-click product recipe switching — the system automatically generates the matching pallet pattern, supporting 60+ patterns with changeover commissioning completed in under 5 minutes
Operating speed up to 12 cycles per minute with an hourly output of up to 720 cycles, supporting 24-hour uninterrupted stable operation to boost line throughput
Equipped with laser safety radar that stops immediately when a person is detected; combined with force-controlled anti-collision, the arm brakes instantly on contact — fully protecting personnel, goods, and equipment
Hardware Overview
The hardware is based on the control system (C2200-A02) plus an industrial-grade display (XPC-NC-150)
Control System: C2200-A02
Industrial-Grade Display: XPC-NC-150
