Pallet Pooling Repair Systems from Paterson Hughes

Each line is rated on demonstrated performance at factory acceptance testing, using real pallets, with the customer welcome to attend.

Three separate projects — a DeStacker line, a Stacker line and a full production line, each proven at FAT.

Faster rates are achievable in service, depending on the pallet mix on the day.

Paterson Hughes’ equipment range reflects 20 years of projects. We select and combine from it to build a system for your requirements, because no two operations are alike.

• The pallet. Timber or plastic, size, pooled standard or proprietary.
• The damage profile. The proportion arriving good, repairable and scrap determines the number and placement of repair positions.
• Volume and peaks. Steady throughput and seasonal surge require different configurations.
• The building. Clear height, column spacing, floor condition and truck access constrain the layout.
• The labour model. Operator numbers, shift patterns and which tasks remain manual.

• Conveying — chain and roller conveyor sized for loaded pallets, not cartons.
• Stacking and destacking — the front and back end of almost every line.
• Lifts and transfers — moving pallets between levels and across the flow to keep the layout inside your building.
• Sorting and diverting — getting each pallet to the right destination without an operator walking it there.
• Repair positions — presented at working height, in the order the work actually happens.
• Load-out — dock conveyors and despatch, so finished stacks leave without a forklift bottleneck.
• Controls — cabinet, PLC and operator interface, with fault reporting your maintenance team can read.

All systems are engineered to AS/NZS 4024, the machinery safety standard applied on New Zealand sites.

Compliance is built into the layout from concept stage rather than added at tender. This affects access points, isolation and maintenance routines, and produces guarding that fits the machine properly rather than being retrofitted around it.

• Fixed perimeter guarding, with access only where it is needed
• Interlocked and lockable access doors
• Isolation points your maintenance team can lock off
• Emergency stops within reach of the operator positions
• Status indication so people can see the machine’s state before they approach it

With most of the following we can provide a layout and a budget figure.

Type, size, timber or plastic, pooled standard or your own, weight empty and loaded.

Roughly what proportion arrives good, repairable and scrap.

Pallets per hour at peak, hours per shift, shifts per day, and seasonal variation.

What work is done by hand, how many operators, and how long a typical repair takes.

Clear height, floor area, column spacing, floor condition, truck access.

Where pallets come in, where they go out, and what happens either side of the line today.

Power available, compressed air, dust and waste timber handling.

When it has to run, and what shutdown window you have to install it in.