FORMING AND FABRICATING AUTOMATION
In the Dock, Across the Floor, Out the Door 8.1: Load, Unload and Storage
Automation, Industry 4.0 Driving Advanced Material Handling Solutions
In this example of flexible autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) from FlexQube, robotic base units dock with motorized carriers as a “one robot/multi- carrier” concept, with a coupling device transferring power and data to the motors to enable navigation throughout a plant. The modular and flexible carriers can reside where needed until transport via the AMR.
W hat’s the most efficient way to move sheet metal and parts through the fab shop? Solid options exist for efficient materials movement for optimal productivity. Industrial Magnetics, Combilift, Prab, OnRobot and Combilift’s Combi C Series C10,000XL forklifts are suitable for transporting long loads of raw material or palletized goods from the dock door to raw-material storage or directly indoors to the first workstation.
S oftware and hardware advances spur new, innovative methods for part and material movement on shop floors. Here’s a look. travel distance and timing, note officials from Stratawise, LLC, Tampa, FL, a provider of workflow software and other supply-chain products and services. Minimize production costs by “moving the right material to the right place, at the right time, in the right amount, in sequence, and in the right position or condition,” reads the Stratawise mantra.
On the shop floor, the most effective material handling strategy emphasizes
Kuka Robotics offer their spins on efficiently moving raw material, parts and scrap through a fab shop via magnetic lifters, forklifts, con- veyors, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
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