Material Handling & Palletizing

Pick, pack, and palletize the mixed order.

One cell that picks, packs, kits, sequences, and palletizes mixed orders, then reconfigures in software when the SKU mix shifts.

≤ 2 wk
Install to running on your floor
±0.05 mm
In-hand placement for fit-critical parts
100%
Inspection on every part, not sampled
01Why now

The work is changing faster than you can staff it.

The dexterous, high-mix, contact-rich jobs are exactly the work classical automation was never built to hold — and the people who used to absorb it are getting harder to find.

Labor is scarce and injury-prone

Pick, pack, and palletize work drives a large share of warehouse ergonomic injuries from repetitive lifting and twisting. The labor is hard to staff and harder to retain, and turnover compounds at peak volume.

E-commerce broke fixed automation

Order profiles now mix small SKUs, odd shapes, and single-unit picks. Fixed palletizers and case packers built for one product cannot follow that variety, leaving high-mix order handling manual by default.

Throughput has to hold at takt

Orders ship to a clock. A cell that picks, packs, and palletizes mixed items at sustained takt removes a bottleneck without the hard tooling and changeover cost of dedicated machines.

02What we automate

What the service covers.

One cell, reconfigured per part — not a new machine for every job on the floor.

A

Mixed-case palletizing

Build interlocked, stable pallets from varied case sizes and weights per pattern.

B

Depalletizing

Break down incoming pallets, identifying and removing cases layer by layer.

C

Case packing

Load loose product into cases or cartons at controlled rate and orientation.

D

Kitting

Assemble multi-part kits by picking specified items into a single container.

E

Line sequencing

Order parts and cases into the exact sequence the downstream line consumes.

F

Bin picking

Pick varied items from cluttered bins and totes using vision-guided pose estimation.

03See the work

One cell. Assembly, inspection, finishing.

A

On the line

Material Handling & Palletizing work handled at line rate, across the mix.

B

Assembly

Insertions, press-fits, and fastening with force control.

C

Inspection

Closed-loop machine vision. Every part checked, not sampled.

D

Cleaning & finishing

Deburring, spray, and surface work, adapted per part.

04How we work

Qualified off-site. Running in two weeks.

The slow, hard engineering happens on our floor — so the cell arrives tested and dialed in instead of tying up your team for months. A new part is a reconfiguration, not a rebuild.

  1. 01ScopePart, takt, fixturing, and safety boundary fixed upfront.
  2. 02Pre-buildCell built and tuned at Relling HQ, not your line.
  3. 03ConfigureSized and fixtured to your exact part.
  4. 04QualifyProven safe and capable before it ships.
  5. 05PilotFirst production run on your line.
  6. 06ProductionRunning the work, shift after shift.
  7. 07FleetAdd cells as the work pays for them.
05Inside the cell

Everything arrives in one qualified unit.

Arm, sensing, tooling, software, and safety, selected for your part and qualified as a set.

1

Manipulator & end-effector

Arm and tooling selected for your part, qualified as a set.

2

Closed-loop vision

Finds the part, adjusts in real time, verifies its own work.

3

Skill library & runtime

A new part is a reconfiguration, not a rebuild.

4

Safety & technician interface

Guarding sized to your floor, failures explained in plain language.

06Spec sheet

Will it fit your aisle? Yes.

Footprint~2 × 2 m
Payload12.5 kg
Reach1.3 m
In-hand placement±0.05 mm
Power120/240 V single-phase
SafetyISO 10218 aligned
Acceptance watch72 hr
Install to running≤ 2 weeks

Representative configuration. Final specs are issued with the proposal.

The Material Handling & Palletizing brief.

A deeper look at the work, the integration path, and how qualification maps to your process. PDF, 2026.

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Bring a Relling workcell to your floor.

We started Relling to help American manufacturers make more of what this country needs. We'll scope a single cell to your parts, qualify it before it ships, and stand behind it on your floor.