A unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of toilet paper and/or kitchen
towel comprising a bagging and/or forming machine (20), suitable to sort
several packages containing a plurality of rolls, called loose packages
(11) into batches (12), and optionally to bag said sorted loose packages
(11) in a bag (13), and a palletizing station (30) with at least one
robot (31) provided with grippers to handle batches (12) of sorted
products composed of loose packages (11) or of a bag (13), wherein the
batches (12) delivered from the bagging and/or forming machine (20) are
conveyed to the palletizing station (30) with a predetermined stepped
sequence and spaced from one another in at least one row on a conveyer
element (21), wherein the robot (31) and the bagging machine (20) are
electronically interconnected and are programmed respectively to sort and
handle the products in batches (12), loose packages (11) or bags (13), of
different forms and dimensions according to a sequence, continuously
variable in a predetermined and programmable way, to form a layer (15) of
a pallet.
