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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2017
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Akira Tanaka, Yamanashi, JP;
Toshimichi Yoshinaga, Yamanashi, JP;
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A palletizing system capable of conserving space in an area for buffer conveyors. The palletizing system includes a supply conveyor for conveying a first type of article and a second type of article, a type detection sensor for detecting the type of the article, a first buffer conveyor for conveying the first type of article, a second buffer conveyor for conveying the second type of article, which is disposed above the first buffer conveyor, a sorting robot which places the first type of article on the first buffer conveyor and which places the second type of article on the second buffer conveyor, and a loading robot which removes articles from the first buffer conveyor and the second buffer conveyor, to load the articles on a pallet.