Secured palletization facility

1. A palletization facility for products which are manipulated by a robot, said robot being installed in a framework enclosed with lateral walls and doors that provide access to palletizing stations A and B,

wherein said facility comprises a partitioning system which comprises:

a fixed wall which separates two adjacent palletizing stations, and

a mobile cowling which moves from one of said palletizing stations to another of said palletizing stations, of a dihedral form in order to cover at least the rear and the top of a full pallet, and

said lateral walls, said fixed wall, and said cowling cooperate together to transform each palletizing station in turn into a sort of pallet chamber, said transformation occurring automatically, with the aid of said robot, before the opening of the door which gives access to the full pallet, which allows the operator to remove said full pallet.

2. The palletization facility according to claim 1 , wherein the cowling is composed of a vertical panel acting as a back of the chamber, a horizontal panel acting as a ceiling, and a small front panel which acts as the connection between said ceiling and a front beam arranged on an upper front part of said framework.

3. The palletization facility according to claim 2 , wherein the cowling is guided on a rail arranged at the bottom of the back of the palletizing stations and on a rail arranged on the front upper beam of the framework.

4. The palletization facility according to claim 3 , wherein the cowling is manipulated directly by means of the material handling robot, said robot comprising for this purpose a latch which cooperates with a catch arranged on the upper middle part of said cowling.

5. The palletization facility according to claim 3 , further comprising, on the front beam of the framework, three rails that form guide rails, one rail to guide the cowling and two rails to guide the respective doors, said doors being sliding doors.

6. The palletization facility according to claim 1 , further comprising, on the framework, means for detecting the position of the cowling relative to each palletizing station A and B.

7. The palletization facility according to claim 6 , further comprising:

means for defining a grid for the areas of intervention of the gripping and palletizing head, said means composed of cams, some of the cams arranged transversely on the framework, respectively facing palletizing stations A and B, and one of the cants arranged longitudinally on the beam of the robot, said cams cooperating with contact type mechanisms which, by means of an automated control system, and as a function of information on the cowling position, determine the movement possibilities for said gripping and palletizing head.

8. The palletization facility according to claim 1 , wherein the cowling is transparent and made of thermoplastic material of the polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate glycol type.

9. A palletization facility for products which are manipulated by a robot, said robot being installed in a framework enclosed with lateral walls and doors that provide access to palletizing stations A and B, wherein said facility comprises:

a partitioning system, the partitioning system comprising:

a fixed wall which separates two adjacent palletizing stations,

a mobile cowling which moves from one station to another, of a dihedral form in order to cover at least the rear and the top of a full pallet, and

said lateral walls, said fixed wall and said cowling cooperate together to transform each palletizing station in turn into a sort of pallet chamber, said transformation occurring automatically, with the aid of said robot, before the opening of the door which gives access to the full pallet, which allows the operator to remove said full pallet,

and wherein said cowling is composed of a vertical panel acting as a back of the chamber, a horizontal panel acting as a ceiling, and a small front panel which acts as the connection between said ceiling and a front beam arranged on an upper front part of said framework.

10. A palletization facility for products which are manipulated by a robot, said robot being installed in a framework enclosed with lateral walls and doors that provide access to palletizing stations A and B, wherein said facility comprises:

a partitioning system, the partitioning system comprising:

a fixed wall which separates two adjacent palletizing stations, and

a mobile cowling which moves from one station to another, of a dihedral form in order to cover at least the rear and the top of a full pallet, and said lateral walls, said fixed wall and said cowling cooperate together to transform each palletizing station in turn into a sort of pallet chamber, said transformation occurring automatically, with the aid of said robot, before the opening of the door which gives access to the full pallet, which allows the operator to remove said full pallet,

wherein said facility comprises, on the framework, means for detecting the position of the cowling relative to each palletizing station A and B, and

wherein said facility comprises means for defining a grid for the areas of intervention of the gripping and palletizing head, including cams arranged transversely on the framework, respectively facing palletizing stations A and B, and a cam arranged longitudinally on the beam of the robot, said cams cooperating with contact type mechanisms which, by means of an automated control system, and as a function of information on the cowling position, determine the movement possibilities for said gripping and palletizing head.

11. A palletization facility for products which are manipulated by a robot, comprising:

a framework including lateral walls and doors that provide access to adjacent palletizing stations disposed within the framework; and

a partitioning system,

the partitioning system comprising:

a fixed wall disposed between two of the adjacent palletizing stations, separating the adjacent palletizing stations from each other;

a mobile cowling which is movable within the framework, from one of the two adjacent palletizing stations to another one of the two adjacent palletizing stations, the mobile cowling including a shape configured to cover at least a rear and a top of a full pallet disposed in one of the palletizing stations, and

when said cowling is positioned to cover at least the rear and the top of the full pallet, said cowling, together with said lateral walls and said fixed wall, form a temporary pallet chamber around the full pallet so as to isolate the full pallet from an adjacent one of the palletizing stations before the door is opened to allow the operator to remove the full pallet from the palletizing station in which the full pallet is disposed.