When the leading manufacturer Caulk decided to solve the lack of work and inefficient at the end of their production line, they found the perfect fit in the palletizing solution of Robotiq. Here’s how they transformed their operations and set an internship for scalable success.
Customer profile
This customer operates in the building materials with a specialization in Caulk production. Their products necessary for construction and home improvement projects are supplied in boxes that require careful treatment and palletization.
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Commercial challenges
In order for the company to acquire its expertise in the field of Caulk production, the company needed to solve several challenges that prevent their growth and efficiency:
- Lack of work: The employment of their palletization operations at the end of the line required reserved workers for each line, which created a significant burden, especially in two shifts.
- Limiting space: Their initial assessment of centralized paletization systems revealed that these solutions consumed too much space and required extensive routing of the conveyor.
- Cost and Risk: Centralized systems require an important rearrangement of production flow and adding a cost transport system. Introduces a single point of failure in your production flow. Centralized cells require industrial robots with logo and safety fencing and consume a lot of rare floor space. If the centralized palletizer drops, all the lines that lead to it will stop. High cadence and payload of the system is very difficult to replace people temporary in case of discounts
- Need flexibility: The company needed a solution capable of mastering more sizes and orientation of cases and ensuring adaptability in different product lines.
Why was Robotiq’s palletizing solution to a good adaptation?
After exploring its capabilities, the manufacturer’s things our palletizing solutions for its unique advantages:
- Compact track: Unlike bulky centralized systems, our solutions offered a small track that fits smoothly into their existing settings.
- Easy to use: Intuitive software functions such as advanced trajectory and simulation planning tools have enabled quick deployment and minimal operators training.
- Cost efficiency: With the rushing king for less than two years, the solution perfectly coped with their financial goals.
- Scalabibility: The ability to implement a line of solutions according to the line provided a manageable path to full automation without impressing their resources.
- Endurance: Although one line drops, the rest of the factory still produces. In addition, a lower cadence allows you to assign a palletizing workforce time while the system is returned to production.
- SUPPORTING BALL: Cooperation with a local partner ensured integration of SMOOTS, including their own conveyor designs and infigurations for optimal performance.
Tips if you are considering automation
For automation -examined enterprises, there are key to this story of success:
- Start small: Insert one line automation in time to minimize the risks and achieve early victories. Once the first system proves its value, the scale is easier. This is one of our principles Lean robotics Methodology.
- Focus on the king: Priority solutions that provide quick and measurable revenues such as the Palletizing Robotiq system.
- Choose flexibility: Decide on an adaptable system capable of handling various product requirements without major reconfigurations.
- Partner with experts: Work with reliable suppliers and local partners to ensure smooth implementation and permanent support.
- Think “off the box”: In search of automation options, it overlooks the processes at the end of the line, such as palletization. These tasks often bring the meanings of ergonomic and effectiveness.
Conclusion
The path of this manufacturer of the tight manufacturer emphasizes the transformation force of automation. By selecting the palletizing solution of Robotiq, they have overcome work challenges, optimized efficiency and unlocked scalable growth opportunities.
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