Pallet inverters "from top to bottom"

Premier Pallet Systems Ltd. are the world's leading specialist in pallet transfer technology. Their range includes eight styles of inverter to cover different customers' requirements, with a choice of manual or semi automatic controls, or fully automatic in-line systems built to order.

Pallet inverters are used within manufacturing and distribution industries for three main reasons.

• Changing pallet type - i.e. from wood to plastic, from pallet to slipsheet or from supplier's pallet to Chep
• Removing damaged goods from the bottom of a load
• Replacing broken pallets for safety reasons - especially where high bay racking is involved
   
  

"CHANGING A PALLET TAKES 3 MINUTES USING A PALLET INVERTER
DOING THE SAME JOB BY HAND TYPICALLY TAKES 20 TO 30 MINUTES"

Other applications for inverters: Turning stacks of paper at printing presses Paint tins inverted after manufacture to create a seal around the lid Inverting MDF board and similar laminated products during the manufacturing process Concrete sections inverted to remove steel moulds Even bananas turned after ripening for better presentation in the supermarket.

Thousands of users world-wide

The biggest users of inverters are food and pharmaceutical companies who need to switch incoming goods from wooden to plastic pallets for use in production areas. This often applies to factories who manufacture products with a range of ingredients i.e. cakes, biscuits, snack foods,health foods, ready meals etc. Often the packaging material has to be transferred as well as the ingredients. Those same companies might also use an inverter for outgoing goods, to transfer them onto low cost pallets for transport.

Any company that runs a cold-store or high-bay warehouse will know of the dangers of racking an unstable or broken pallet. Inverters are therefore used to ensure sub-standard pallets don't enter the system, where they can cause delays or serious accidents.

"DEALING WITH SPLIT BAGS AND BROKEN BOXES IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM"

Almost every inverter ever sold has at some time been used to give quick access to the bottom of the stack; many of them for only that purpose. Better presentation to customers and good housekeeping are two good reasons to have a pallet transfer device available when damaged packaging causes products to spill.

Pharmaceutical products in particular are often palletised onto plastic or other high quality skids in the factory, then changed to cheaper pallets or slipsheets for distribution. A producer ay not know the destination of the goods at time of production, but by using an inverter, has the flexibility to transfer them to the most suitable type of pallet for the customer concerned.

Pallet stacking solutions too...

• Eliminate manual handling of pallets
• Loaded at base level by pallet truck or fork lift
• Avoid back, foot and finger injuries that lead to claims and lost time
• Increase productivity in the workplace
• Reduce wasted space occupied by short pallet stacks
• Reduce pallet damage caused by careless handling
• Aid efficient pallet management
• Integrated conveyor fed options.
• One model adjusts to all pallet shapes, sizes and clearances
• 600 or 1000 kgs (15 or 25 pallet) capacities
• Semi or fully automatic control
   

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