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palletizer

palletizer

7.2
A machine or person who stacks boxes on pallets for storage and transport
  • noun
  • /ˈpælɪtaɪzər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : palletizador
  • The automated palletizer efficiently stacks boxes onto pallets for easy transport.

Examples

  • At the warehouse, the palletizer organizes products onto pallets for better storage.

  • Circle 195 on Reader Service Card Case palletizer

    Academic text (2006)

  • New designs and interfaces are available for the Alvey 780 case palletizer, which is suited for single-line applications in the food and consumer goods industries.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The new palletizer can stack up to 120 items per minute, improving overall productivity.

Synonyms

stacker
vspalletizer
3 4.9

A person or machine that puts boxes into neat piles

stacks items specifically for storage and transport purposes

Surface Forms

palletizer singular
palletizers plural

Morphology

palletizer = palletize (transparent) = pallet + ize + er

Formation is a regular agentive '-er' on the verb 'palletize'; 'palletize' itself is transparently 'pallet' + '-ize'.

Etymology

Palletizer comes from pallet ('small platform for goods') and the ending -izer ('one who does' or 'a machine that does'). Think of a pallet as a tiny floor for boxes, and a palletizer is the machine or person that 'does' the pallets by stacking goods onto them for storage or transport.