SYSTEM FOR LOADING BOOK BUNDLES ONTO PALLETS

摘要

A method of palletizing bundles of books (46) into a grid (38) consisting of a plurality of mail bundle positions (40) adapted to receive one or more book mail bundles in rows (42) and columns (44). The books are gathered to form book mail bundles having a preselected minimum (6) and maximum (18) number of books with any grouping of books in numbers between the minimum and maximum number being divided into one or more book mail bundles of various sizes. The books are also gathered such that any grouping of books in numbers greater than the maximum number is divided into one or more book mail bundles having a number of books between the minimum and maximum. With this understanding, the method further includes placing the book mail bundles (46) so formed onto the pallet (24) in the mail bundle position set forth in rows (42) and columns (44) such that each of the positions is of substantially equal accumulative height.