Overhead Injection Molded Part Work In Process Accumulation Buffer

The Automotive Customer Needed To Accumulate Injection Molded Parts Across The Third Shift of Press Time To Support Two Shifts Of Downstream Production Time. The Free Standing Powered Dual Monorail System Segregated Right And Left Hand Work Into Two Independent Product Buffers. InJection Molded Parts Are Manufactured In A Just In Time Production Pattern On Third Shift, Accumulated In The Left And Right WIP Product Buffers And Held For The Next Two Shifts Of Final Assembly. The Parts Are Delivered To The Final Assembly Stations On Demand To Match Up To The Desired Discharge Pattern For The Manufacturer’s End Customer’s Requirement.

WIP Injection Molded Parts Accumulation Buffer

The Powered Free Standing Recirculating Monorail System Maximizes The Work In Process Storage Buffer For Injection Molded Parts In A Vertical Arrangement Within a Minimum Of Floor Space. The System Allows The Manufacturer To Decouple The Adjoining Processes And Reduce The Run Time For The Process That Feeds The Monorail From Two Shifts To One Shift.

Overhead Fabric Assembly Work In Process Delivery System

The Customer Needed A System To Handle Large And Bulky Tents In A Manufacturing Process. The Provided Free Standing Overhead Monorail System With Customized Load Lifters And Carriers Did Just What The Customer Needed. The Implemented System Helped To Reduce The Direct And Indirect Labor Content and the Production Takt Times Significantly. Implementation Of This System Reduced Direct and Indirect Labor Content By Over 60% And The Productive Throughput Increased By 150%.