---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002201"
title: "Load former and method of operating a load former"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:11:26.103074Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002201"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
keywords:
  - "b65g57/03"
  - "b65g57/03"
  - "b65g61/00"
  - "b65g2201/022"
  - "b65g2201/022"
  - "b65g2201/022"
---

# Load former and method of operating a load former

## Abstract

A load former includes a frame, a loading zone and a horizontal cookie sheet supported by the frame and having a support portion shiftable between a first position in which the support portion is located on a first side of the vertical wall and forms a floor of the loading zone and a second position in which the first portion is located in a holding space on the second side of the vertical wall. A platform is located beneath the loading zone on a lift table. At least one cobot is supported by the frame or mounted in a fixed position relative to the frame and configured to lift a pallet and/or an auxiliary sheet of material and place it in at least one predetermined location on the load former or on at least one object supported by the load former. Also a method of operating the load former.