Volume gets a hand
RoboArm
$350Kinstalled · ERP integrated
- A SKUs, your high-volume core brands
- Mixed-SKU pallets built to stop sequence, no human top-off
- Up to 350 cases/hr in 1,500 sq ft
- Installed in as little as 3 weeks
Complexity made simple.
Productivity made predictable.
The Pallet Factory is modular, goods-to-robot warehouse automation built for beverage distribution. Pallets in, stored, cases picked, wrapped, pallets out.
Demo the Pallet FactoryMixed-SKU palletizationBuilt for beverage. Customer order pallets built to completion, no top off required.
Modular. Starts at $350K and 1,500 sq ftRoboArm module installed and ERP integrated.
Installed in as little as 3 weeksPer module, once hardware lands. Minimal downtime, no disruption to today's operation.
The Pallet Factory
End-to-end, pallet in, pallet out.
End-to-end, pallet in, pallet out.
Unattended automation.
Two human touches, both at the ends. Everything in between runs on its own, orchestrated by Block One's WES software so the modules work as a single system.
01
Pallets in
Inbound product pallets land at a Connection Point and move on AMRs.
02
Stored
Autonomous narrow-aisle forklifts put pallets into dense storage and replenish.
03
Picked to customer pallet
Dense Case Storage stores product and RoboArm palletizes and builds the order.
04
Wrapped and labeled
Finished pallets buffer at a Connection Point, then are wrapped and labeled.
05
Staged or loaded
Staged at the outbound Connection Point or loaded onto delivery trucks.
Automation Modules
The Pallet Factory is composed of scalable modules to accommodate your operations in one package.
Complexity gets a home
Dense Case Storage
$120Kinstalled · ERP integrated
- B + C SKUs, the long tail on every order
- Stored vertically, retrieved one case at a time, delivered to the arm
- 1K to 10K SKUs, 150 cases/hr per module
- Reclaims vertical space, no building expansion
Pallets get a lift
Dense Pallet Storage
$210Kinstalled · ERP integrated
- Full pallets, received, stored and replenished
- Unmanned very-narrow-aisle forklifts, 6'6" aisles
- More pallet positions inside the same four walls
- Runs every shift, inches of clearance either side
Not sure where to start? Demo the full Pallet Factory →
COMPLEXITY
Complexity demands automation.
SKUs per order have climbed for 25 years. They aren't slowing down.
In 2000 a beverage customer ordered a handful of products. Today it's twenty-plus, and the trajectory points past thirty. Same cases, same pallet, far more SKUs on it.
Each added SKU is more touches, more travel and more picks for the same case volume. The work compounds.
Complexity affects everything downstream.
SKU complexity
More products per order, fewer cases of each.
Labor
Hardest to predict, hardest to control, pricier every year.
Space
More SKUs need more floor. The building stops scaling first.
Quality
Out of control without automation. Under control with it.
Our automation solves that.
Live at distributors today
Robots at work.
Recorded on live distributor floors.What distributors are saying.
"The fact that we can set it and forget it is exciting."
"All the potential issues of the warehouse hand getting it wrong, that's all eliminated now."
"We didn't blink at the investment once we saw what the installation would give us."
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Demo the Pallet Factory.
We're here to make automation easy to understand and even easier to implement. Do you have a warehouse? Then you can automate it.
See the modules running on a distributor floor
Find the module that fits your pain first: volume or SKU count
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Understanding automation
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Start with one module and grow into the full Pallet Factory.
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