Specialist distribution in the beverage industry

Task: Supply of a drinks crate sorting carousel for a wholesaling company.
As an active partner of the beverage industry, the retail trade and also hotels and restaurants, our customer must guarantee reliable supply to many different clients using state of the art logistics.
The empty crates have to be sorted according to product to fulfil customer requirements – fast, economically and reliably.
Budde-Fördertechnik supplies equipment which is customised and adapted to particular customer requirements and also to the possibilities offered by the particular location - including pallet feed and discharge on chains or sloping belts and sorting on motor-driven roller conveyors. The equipment is fully galvanised.

The goal is disturbance-free sorting of the crates with the steps

  1. Loading of unsorted pallets onto feed conveyors
  2. Removing the crates from the pallets on the sorting carousel
  3. Stacking of crates according to type
  4. Removal of pallets

All from one source: supply, assembly and commissioning of the entire handling plant

1. Pallet feed

Crates before sorting
Crates before sorting
Crates before sorting
Loading the carousel with unsorted pallets using an accumulation roller conveyor…
Loading the carousel with unsorted pallets using an accumulation roller conveyor…
...or using a sloping roller conveyor without motorised drive
...or using a sloping roller conveyor without motorised drive

2. Manual removal from the pallet

Removing the crates from the pallet...
...and placing them on the sorting carousel
Removing the crates from the pallet...
Removing the crates from the pallet...
...and placing them on the sorting carousel
...and placing them on the sorting carousel

3. Stacking of crates according to type

Crates moving on the sorting carousel
Placing the crates on pallets according to type
Crates moving on the sorting carousel
Placing the crates on pallets according to type
Crates moving on the sorting carousel
Crates moving on the sorting carousel
Placing the crates on pallets according to type
Placing the crates on pallets according to type

4. Removal of pallets

Crates after sorting
Crates after sorting
Crates after sorting

Crates sorting plant

Layout drawing
Layout drawing