Our plan for planning alternating carton layers on a pallet with Universal Robots UR5e in a small finished-goods dispatch area has a very neat alternating layer drawing. But a corrugated case of components has a preferred support direction, and some rotated cartons sit over gaps. I want packaging support and tool access reviewed together before I accept the pattern.
Where should I start?
@FelixChen1154 Does your layer drawing show the load-bearing carton edges and pallet deck beneath them? Add those, then overlay the complete gripper outline.
@AnikaAbbott0073 We've only got top-view rectangles and a tool center mark. The carton note specifies support direction, but the layer drawing doesn't show it.
@FelixChen1154 Build that combined drawing for packaging and your integrator. Include a repeated, unrotated layer as a simpler candidate; it may suit the support direction better.
@AaronBell0610 You're right to qualify the suggestion. I intended an alternative for comparison, with both patterns requiring packaging assessment of support and stability using the specified filled cartons.
Too general. The arrangement changes where loads pass through the cartons. Your packaging reviewer needs the actual construction and support geometry to judge it.
@AnikaAbbott0073 I've overlaid the layers and can identify carton edges positioned above gaps. I can now show packaging the actual support condition that concerned me.
I had a separate dispatch setup where the carton top view omitted the pallet's deck gaps. Including the deck geometry exposed additional positions for packaging assessment.
@FelixChen1154 Include the deck geometry in the pattern's pallet reference. Matching overall dimensions don't establish identical support beneath the carton arrangement.
@LinArcher0357 I've got a useful review basis now: show support and the complete tool on the layer drawings, then have both specialists assess it. That answers my starting question; the pattern itself remains conditional on their findings.