Patent ID: 8442671

Claim:
A system for the formation of mixed layers for pallets, comprising: a storage, at least two different pack types of the same size being stored in the storage on a plurality of pallets, each pallet having a plurality of layers of homogenous packs; a depalletizer for lifting off one homogenous layer at a time from the homogenous pallet; a plurality of individual parallel conveyors, wherein each conveyor receives and stores separated packs of the homogenous layers of a pack type; a supply conveyor for a grouping table downstream of the parallel conveyors; and a controller controlling the supply conveyor so the at least two different pack types are supplied to the grouping table as a function of predefined positions of the different pack types in a layer pattern of a layer of a production pallet, the grouping table positioning the different pack types on the basis of the predefined positions of the different pack types based on the layer pattern such that the layer is formed as a mixed layer and the predefined positions of the different pack types being distributed in the layer pattern of the layer of the production pallet according to a percentage distribution of each of the at least two pack types on the production pallet.