The most dangerous aspects of palletizing anything is the weight and the movement. While pallet jacks and pallet forks can make some of the heavy lifting safer, actually palletizing pallets or products often still lands on the shoulders of warehouse workers. This is where many companies see elevated reports of work-related injuries. There is one way to significantly decrease work-related injuries and keep more of your warehouse employees at work.
Palletizing Robots
Factory automation has never been popular with most workers, but the fact remains that fewer people end up injured every year as a result of using automation robots. These high-tech pieces of equipment have the strength and speed needed to move heavy objects faster than any human could, and they do not become injured, require time off, or move slower due to pain.
Palletizing Robots Lift Hundreds of Pounds as Though They Were Feathers
If you have never seen packaging and palletizing robots at work, they are a marvel. They are working “arms” moving with accuracy and precision at a speed that might make you dizzy just watching. They reach, grab, lift, shift, rotate, and set down without dropping their loads. Over and over again, they complete the work with incredible efficiency.
Warehouse employees can not only be trained how to use these packaging and palletizing robots to make their work easier, but also learn how to do minor repairs if and when the robots need maintenance. Just a few of these robots in key positions can really make a difference.