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International Building Products Company overcomes manpower problems with new automated stacking system
Challenge
An international building products company that provides support to general contractors, architects, engineers and governmental agencies needed an automated way to stack flat and tapered boards to both increase speed and alleviate large turnover in manpower.
Before working with Motion Controls Robotics, the company had no automation. Employees manually lifted and stacked the boards, often leading to injuries. The company also had a high employee turnover rate and used some temporary staff. In addition, the stacks created manually were often uneven, making it difficult to keep the products from leaning.
Solution
Motion Controls Robotics recommended a system using a robot with a vacuum-powered end-of-arm tool to position, square and pick up the boards from the existing equipment. The robot lifts the board and sets it onto a chain conveyor, rotating every other board. At a pre-determined count, the stacks are sent out to handling conveyors that move them to down-line equipment.
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