Due to the requirement of hygienic pallets in the food and pharmaceutical industries, pallet tilters can be used to eliminate the need for manual intervention, lessening contamination and worker injury risk.
Pallet exchange tilters from Materials Handling are used for the rotation of pallet loads where exchange of pallets or inversion of product is required.
According to Materials Handling, the units consist of a fixed-base frame with a tilting frame incorporating a 'no crush' retractable plate that automatically lowers onto the top of the load to prevent spillage when tilted. The two-sided, tilting pallet booth is configured so that the side walls incline to form a V-shape as the booth tilts.
When the exchange unit is fully tilted, the booth floor automatically rotates back to floor level so the pallet can be safely and simply exchanged by pallet jack or forklift at floor level.
All the functions of Materials Handling's tilters can be controlled by an on-board PLC controller - in the case of a forklift - or when using a pallet jack the operator needs only to press one button to initiate a full cycle.