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 sealed corrugated shipping carton 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?
@DanielBell0652 Start by showing the carton edges that carry load and the pallet deck support on the layer drawings. Is the complete gripper outline available to overlay as well?
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.
@CarlaChan1097 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.
@AnnaBell0677 Too general. The arrangement changes where loads pass through the cartons. Your packaging reviewer needs the actual construction and support geometry to judge it.
@TheoAbbott0062 The layer overlay shows carton edges above gaps below. That gives me something specific to mark for packaging instead of saying the pattern feels wrong.
@DanielBell0652 Specify the deck arrangement as well as the footprint. Two pallets with the same outside size needn't provide the same support underneath.
@DanielBell0652 Add the complete tool geometry and adjacent cartons at the corner positions. A tool-centre point alone can't establish whether the body or fingers overlap nearby packaging.
I can show the pattern questions more clearly, but I can't yet say support and access both work. I'll keep the pattern decision open for the combined review.