Feature Pallets, palletisers & pallet handling Paper pallets lighten the load
Eltete’s carton board pallet is said to be four times lighter than a normal wooden pallet, which makes it possible to load more freight and save on transport costs. These pallets can be manufactured automatically on an industrial and economical scale anywhere in the world
“Now the group has its own facto- ries in 15 countries and our sales network reaches over 60 countries,” says Virtanen. “We have demonstrated in practice that our technology for manufacturing carton board pallets is the most efficient and economical in the world.”
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n example of the possibilities is a pallet factory that Eltete is delivering to Nagoya in Japan this spring.
“The capacity will be approximately three million carton board pallets per year,” says Marko Virtanen, sales director of technology at Eltete. “The pallets will be used mainly by the export industry in the vicinity. More production lines are now in the pipeline at other locations in Japan.” Eltete was founded in 1974 to produce transport packaging material of carton board and is said to have been the first company to introduce edge boards and slip sheets to Europe. For more than 30 years, Eltete Engineering, the technology arm of the company, has been responsible for developing and constructing the pro- duction lines needed to manufacture the broad spectrum of products that Eltete offers.
Turnkey production lines In recent years Eltete has focused on building up a global network of produc- tion sites for the company’s type of carton board pallets. The network consists of both in-house factories and a number of production lines delivered to local external companies. Our main focus is to supply our Paper Roll-to- Paper Pallet technology to local compa- nies everywhere in the world,” says Virtanen. “We supply turnkey produc- tion lines and take full responsibility for the production lines delivered.” The company also offers an extensive service network combined with raw material supply sourcing and sales and marketing assistance internationally. “In many cases our technicians don’t even have to visit the plant on site if a problem occurs,” says Virtanen. “We can install a remote control system that makes it possible for us to help the customer optimise the actual process and to fix many minor problems remotely.” One-person factory
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Compact pallet wrapper for dairy specialist
and support the company has had from Linkx Systems in relation to other machines on the site. The pallet wrapper is a compact Siat by Linkx SW2L machine that has been customised to maximise commonality of
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parts with other similar machines already in use on the site. This simplifies maintenance as well as eliminating the need for additional spares to be purchased.
The new pallet wrapper is capable of handling CHEP and Euro pallets with a maximum height of 1.75m at speeds of up to 20 cycles per hour. The machine includes a heated pre-stretch system and automatic cut off and it has been supplied with a custom ramp that allows easy access by electric trucks as well as standard pallet trucks. The custom ramp has also been configured to give smooth transfer of pallets to the turntable. The new pallet wrapper is suitable for single and double wrapping, and provides a choice of four operator-selectable wrapping programs. Linkx Systems T: 01502 713777
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eeding a new compact pallet wrapper for its repack hall at its Market Drayton site in Shropshire, Müller Dairy, suppliers of chilled yogurts and desserts, placed an order with Linkx Systems, on the basis of pricing, service levels
The newest generation of Paper Roll- to-Paper Pallet and automatic paper pallet assembly (APPA) technology is a versatile piece of engineering. “This third-generation plant is very compact in size and can fit into rela- tively small production units,” says Virtanen. “In fact, one person can run the newest generation of the APPA pallet factory on his or her own.” He emphasises that the main idea with paper pallets is that they can and should be manufactured locally, since the key factor behind the product’s com- petitiveness is that it’s produced near the customer who needs the pallets. “This is how the concept remains economical with a good ROI and a com- petitiveness that creates more demand,” says Virtanen. “Using our technology it’s possible to produce up to 10 pallets per minute, which significantly lowers the price per unit. The high degree of automation combined with the produc- tion capacity of the plant is exactly the reason why our technology was chosen, for example, in Japan.”
The components for the pallets can either be made on site or delivered to the factory just on time.
“In cases where the whole produc- tion is integrated into the factory, like in Japan, the only raw materials needed are paper rolls and glue.” Virtanen finally stresses that APPA pallets are suitable for export as they are ISPM-15 compliant.
“The paper pallets are always new and clean and they need no costly heat treatment, like wooden pallets do,” he says. “When the paper pallet is used, recycling is easy since it’s made solely of paper. And yes, 1,000 kg is no prob- lem for our paper pallets.”
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