Panel Handling & Stacking Guide

Panel geometry and the intended stack come first. Record whether the product is a flat wall panel or a profiled roof panel, its length, width, thickness and weight, and the permitted contact areas. Then show the stack orientation required for storage, wrapping or dispatch.

“Sandwich panel” here means a metal-faced building panel produced in a factory. Installation lifting equipment, aircraft composite panels and board presses have different tasks and should not be compared as equivalent stackers.

Turnover depends on the panel profile and the approved stacking arrangement. Ribs and surface finishes can affect how neighbouring panels sit together. KINDUS discusses turnover for corrugated roof panels, illustrating why the profile drawing matters.

Our sandwich-panel presentation describes both turnover and non-turnover configurations. Send a cross-section and the desired stack arrangement before choosing between them. Do not assume that turning every second panel is appropriate for every profile.

Both methods appear in KINDUS’s equipment description. That does not establish that both are offered in our current range. Our own tooling and contact method must be confirmed in the selected machine proposal.

The current S01 product 20261007 has a normal 2,500–12,000 mm single-unit range for stacking only or turnover plus stacking, with a recorded 0–2,500 mm single-unit stack height. Over 12 m without turnover, request a stacking-only single-unit project review. Over 12 m with turnover, discuss synchronized dual units.

The older presentation's 12/13 m references do not approve the current single-unit turnover of a 13 m panel. Dual-unit length, load, spacing, cycle and stack height need separate confirmation. See the long-panel decision guide and current S01 input guide.

Stack height is not panel thickness. These S01 routes do not change the separate S04 specification.

• Actual wall and roof profiles included in the order.
• The agreed size and weight extremes, including protective film if used.
• Pickup, turnover where required, placement and complete-stack removal.
• Surface inspection at the specified contact areas.
• Recipe changes, count confirmation and operator training.

Ask for manuals and a parts list tied to the delivered machine. A generic online manual or an illustrative control-screen image is not sufficient for commissioning or maintenance instructions.

Do not treat the exposed core and the finished metal face as the same pickup surface. Schmalz describes different air-flow demands for permeable workpieces and suction-tight sheet metal, including leakage compensation in its SCPL product. This explains a selection variable; it does not prove that this component suits a particular sandwich panel. Schmalz SCPL: permeability and leakage.

In the enquiry, identify the contact face, profile, coating and any protective film. Request assessment using the actual sample and surface condition. Avoid specifying suction settings from a general web guide or assuming that a successful lift of one surface validates every product variant.

Stack formation and bundle discharge should be separate items in the quotation. KINDUS describes transferring a completed bundle toward wrapping after stacking. Its process illustrates the downstream step, not equipment included in our offer. KINDUS sandwich-panel stacking system.

Mark the handover point on the layout: what supports the completed stack, what moves it onward, and which supplier provides that equipment? Ask whether the next panel can be received while the bundle is being removed. Record the answer alongside the intended bundle pattern and packaging method.