Palletizing and depalletizing systems

Create an end-to-end automated warehouse palletizing flow for pallets, layers, and cases. Increase your throughput and reduce manual handling in one efficient, unified system.

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Palletizing and depalletizing without manual bottlenecks

Körber designs integrated systems that automate heavy handling and stabilize your material flow. By orchestrating pallets, layers, and cases, we ensure safe, reliable performance for your operations, from inbound to outbound.

System advantages

Benefits

Unprecedented speed

Coordinated handling drives high throughput, processing up to 220 picks/h from 16 locations and 4 layers at a time.

Unique picking versatility

Handle up to 98% of grocery retail and FMCG SKUs, including unstable, irregular, fragile and heavy products, for unrivalled versatility.  

Flexibility

Combine layer and full-case picking to build mixed pallets for retail stores or e-commerce replenishment.

End-to-end solution

An integrated ecosystem

Inbound processing

Incoming pallets are immediately depalletized into trays or layers for rapid buffering in storage or shuttle systems.

High-speed picking

The Layer Picker System builds store-ready pallets, and can pick layers from multiple pallets simultaneously, hitting 220 cycles per hour.

Mixed palletizing

Advanced robot palletizers combine picked layers and cases to construct stable, store-ready mixed pallets customized for each order. 

Load securing

Transfer cars or AMRs move order pallets to automated stations for strapping and wrapping, ensuring load stability for transport.

Synchronized dispatch

Integrated WMS software orchestrates the entire sequence, managing flow control to ensure error-free dispatch.

System solutions

Warehouse palletizing & depalletizing

Optimize flow from receiving to replenishment. These modular systems handle depalletizing, buffering, and mixed-case palletizing to speed up storage, support e-commerce fulfillment, and create store-ready pallets.

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Pallet-to-pallet palletizing

An automated pallet-to-pallet layer picking solution that transfers full product layers with high speed and precision to improve throughput and reduce manual handling.

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Pallet-to-tray depalletizing

An automated pallet-to-tray depalletizing solution that transfers full product layers into trays for faster replenishment, safer handling, and streamlined fulfillment workflows.

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Mixed palletizing

A fully automated mixed palletizing solution that builds stable, store-ready pallets while reducing manual handling and outbound bottlenecks.

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Equipment for integrators

Integration-ready layer handling and depalletizing solutions that help system integrators deliver high-throughput, low-risk warehouse automation projects.

Products & technologies

Layer picking

Bridge palletizing and order fulfilment. Our layer picking systems enable fast, precise handling of full layers for efficient store-friendly pallet building and high-throughput distribution. 

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Layer Picker Gantry

A high-speed gantry robot system designed specifically for automating layer picking operations with precision and reliability.

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Layer Picker Mono Gantry

A space-saving mono-gantry system for layer picking, ideal for operations with lower throughput requirements or space constraints.

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Layer Picker Robot

A robotic solution dedicated to layer picking, offering the flexibility and reach of a robot arm for building mixed-layer pallets.

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Layer Picker Hoist

A hoist-based system for layer picking, providing a robust and efficient solution for handling full layers of products in the warehouse.

“If we want to keep up with the demands of our customers, we have to be innovative, and we have to create more volume. The Layer Picker is the best way to do so and to help us achieve that goal.”

Michel Roks

Senior Sales, AG Logistics

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System expertise

Unified pallet and case handling

Körber offers complete system-level solutions, not just standalone equipment. Built on proven architectures trusted in high-throughput environments worldwide, these systems are fast, reliable, and flexible. They meet the need for today’s high volume by combining picking versatility with transportation efficiency. The design is also highly compact, making it easy to deploy in any warehouse.

Case study

How Lineage moves £120B of food with automation that actually works

Lineage operates large complex, temperature controlled warehouses handling massive volumes of food in cold and chilled environments.

Together with Körber, they automated layer picking and pallet building to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and handle mixed SKU orders more efficiently.

See how automation improves real operations.

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