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Vacuum gripper palletizer for cartons and cases

In short

A vacuum gripper picks cartons from the top with silicone cups, which suits cases, shrink-wrapped packs and smooth metal containers. iPack cobot palletizers with vacuum tooling run 8–10 cycles a minute at 30–50 kg payload and stack to 2,600 mm.

  • Silicone cups suit cartons, smooth surfaces and metal cases
  • Tool change in minutes — one cell can run two different packs
  • 8–10 cycles per minute at ±0.1 mm repeat positioning
  • Two pallet stations in about 6 m², so pallets change without stopping

Cartons and packs

Closed cartons, shrink-wrapped cases and bag-in-box are the native workload.

30–50 kg payload

Five-axis cells to 2,000 mm, six-axis with lift to 2,600 mm.

8–10 cycles/min

One cycle is one pick-and-place; the pattern sets the pallet rate.

Two pallet stations

About 6 m² for both, so a full pallet is removed while the line runs.

Vacuum tooling — which model

ModelPayloadStack heightAxes
SCP-530D30 kg2,000 mm5
SCP-550D50 kg2,000 mm5
SCP-630D30 kg2,600 mm6 (lift)
SCP-650D50 kg2,600 mm6 (lift)

In the field

Photographed on customer floors

86 installation photos
Vacuum gripper palletizing cartons in a customer plant
Vacuum gripper palletizing cartons in a customer plant
Oversize cartons palletized with vacuum cups and safety radar
Oversize cartons palletized with vacuum cups and safety radar

Buyer questions

What buyers ask before ordering

What cartons can a vacuum gripper lift?

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Closed cartons with a flat top surface, shrink-wrapped packs and smooth metal cases. Silicone cups need a reasonably airtight surface — open bags or perforated trays need a clamp or fork tool instead.

How many cartons per hour?

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8–10 cycles a minute is 480–600 picks an hour. The pallet rate follows from the pattern: a 24-case layer at 10 cycles a minute is roughly 20 pallets an hour.

Can the gripper be changed for another product?

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Yes. Tools change in minutes with a quick-release coupling, so one cell can run a carton product and a different pack size on the same shift.

How high can it stack?

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2,000 mm including the pallet on the five-axis SCP-530D and SCP-550D, or 2,400–2,600 mm on the six-axis SCP-630D and SCP-650D with their 500° lift axis.

Send us the load. We will size the machine.

Load dimensions, weight and the rate the line has to keep up with are enough for a machine recommendation and a firm quotation.