A palletiser system for efficient loading and packaging of unstable containers such as plastic or glass bottles or cans, the palletiser including a first pallet station including: • a pallet housing having a floor portion to support a pallet thereon, the floor portion being movable by a first lifting means wherein in a loading condition the pallet is raised to a container receiving station • a layer pad store and a layer pad transfer assembly adjacent to the layer pad store • a passageway intermediate the pallet housing and layer pad store • a container lifting sub-assembly mounted within the passageway and a second lifting means • a pusher assembly including a pusher arm member and operable to urge a row of containers to a surface portion of the pallet wherein when a layer pad is placed over a layer of containers on the pallet, the floor portion of the pallet housing is incrementally lowered within the pallet housing to receive a second and progressive layers of containers and that it is lowered automatically.
B05B 5/06 - Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means using electric arc
B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
B65B 11/00 - Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
B65B 35/50 - Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging
B65B 43/42 - Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
B65G 47/24 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles
B65G 47/52 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices
B65G 61/00 - Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for
B65B 65/00 - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
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