AUTOMATED PALLET INSPECTION AND REPAIR

摘要

An automated pallet inspection cell comprises one or two multi axis robot arms which terminate in either internal or exterior pallet grippers. T he robots are used to transport a gripped pallet through an automated inspectio n station which compiles a three dimensional data map of a pallet surface. A processor interprets the map and producing a recipe for the robot or robots. One or more stations conduct pallet repair operations that are specified by the recipe. A method for levelling a pallet prior to board removal by a band saw is also disclosed, characterized by rolling the pallet relative to a blade of t he band saw to a first and a second roll angle, and positioning the pallet at a position which is an average of the first and second roll angles.