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Warehouse Safety Inspection

Pallet Inspection System for Spill and Tip Risk

Find unstable pallets before they tip, spill or stop a robot.

The Sciotex Pallet Incident Prevention System (PIPS) inspects pallets in 3D as they move through your line. It measures sidewalls and top surfaces, calculates spill and tip risk, and sends a go/no-go signal to your warehouse management software in seconds.

Designed, Built and Supported in the United States since 1997

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Up to 4 pallets/min

Photocell-triggered 3D capture

About 1 mm accuracy

A 3D point cloud of every pallet

Go / no-go to WMS

Real-time decisions

Tunable thresholds

Matched to your risk tolerance

Pallet Incident Prevention System

Automated 3D Pallet Inspection for Safer Warehouses

What is a pallet inspection system?

A pallet inspection system checks loaded pallets for conditions that cause accidents or product loss, such as overhanging boxes, leaning sidewalls and tilted tops. The Sciotex system uses 3D cameras to measure each pallet and flag spill and tip risk automatically.

In a high-velocity automated warehouse, one unstable pallet can stop a robot and cause product loss, cleanup and unplanned downtime. PIPS uses small form-factor hardware built for high-throughput lines, and is designed, programmed, built and supported in the US. It is part of the Sciotex family of vision inspection machines.

At a glance

Throughput: Up to 4 pallets per minute
Accuracy: 3D point clouds of about 1.0 mm
Output: Go, monitor or no-go signal to your WMS
Analytics: Heat maps, wall models and trend plots

3D pallet inspection system in a warehouse line — **Pallet Incident Prevention System** · 3D cameras over the pallet line

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How It Works

How Does Sciotex Pallet Inspection Work?

One or more 3D cameras capture the pallet sidewalls and top as the load moves through your line, and the result goes straight to your logistics or warehouse management software.

1. Trigger

A photocell starts the measurement as each pallet arrives.

2. Capture in 3D

Cameras build a point cloud of the sidewalls and top with about 1 mm accuracy.

3. Decide

Spill and tip risk is calculated and a go/no-go signal is sent in seconds.

Pallet inspection and measurement software

What It Detects

Pallet Conditions PIPS Flags

In the example shown, boxes overhanging the upper right corner are flagged as a marginal spill risk, with heat map regions and plane models showing a negative tilt of about 5 degrees. The pallet is marked no-go, and every threshold can be tuned to your risk tolerance.

Top surface overhang distance
Sidewall overhang volume
Sidewall slope and negative tilt
Overall pallet height
Structural anomalies in the load

Configurable decision bands

GoMonitorNo-go

GoWithin every threshold. The pallet continues.

MonitorMarginal. Flagged for manual review without stopping the line.

No-goOver a threshold. A no-go signal goes to your WMS.

Separate limits can be set for top overhang, sidewall slope and overall tilt.

Capabilities and Options

Analytics and Configurable Thresholds

Each inspection produces a high-resolution 3D point cloud that can be stored for post-processing or re-analysis, viewed in the Sciotex viewer application or exported as spreadsheets.

3D scenes	Raw point clouds with tip-risk heat maps and planar wall models
Color-coded views	Fast visual assessment of overhangs, negative tilt and structural anomalies
Trend plots	Pallet height, sidewall overhang volume, sidewall slope and top overhang distance over time
Thresholds	Separate go/no-go limits for top overhang, sidewall slope and overall tilt
Monitor band	An early-warning zone between go and no-go for manual review
Tuning	Tighten for safety-critical areas, relax where throughput matters most, refine with historical data
Integration	Real-time go/no-go signals to your WMS or logistics software
Hardware	Small form-factor computing for high-throughput warehouses
Data	Stored on-premise, with no third-party APIs or cloud systems

Is PIPS right for your warehouse?

Automated pallet inspection is often the right fit when:

Pallets move through automated lines or robot cells
Unstable loads have caused stoppages, spills or damage
You need one consistent standard for what is safe to move
You want data to refine your pallet policies over time

Free pallet inspection consultation

Tell us about your pallets, line speed and the incidents you want to prevent, and we will recommend a camera setup and thresholds for your operation.

Line layout and throughput review
Threshold and risk policy planning
WMS integration plan

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Why Automated Pallet Inspection

Benefits of 3D Pallet Inspection

Visual checks at the dock are quick and subjective, and they miss small tilts and overhangs that become problems on a conveyor or in a robot cell. PIPS measures every pallet the same way.

Fewer Incidents

Spill and tip risks are caught before they cause robot stoppages or product loss.

Keeps the Line Moving

A monitor band flags marginal pallets for review without stopping the line.

Data for Every Pallet

Each point cloud is stored for re-analysis, viewing or spreadsheet export.

Your Risk Policy

Separate thresholds for top overhang, sidewall slope and tilt.

One Unstable Pallet Can Stop the Whole Line

A pallet that leans or overhangs can trigger a robot stoppage, product loss and cleanup. PIPS flags it before it reaches the robot, so it can be corrected instead. See how machine vision is used across industry.