The end customer was in need of a centralized die storage system to better manage the inventory of dies used within their production processes. The provided system was designed to work beneath and existing overhead craneway and also to utilize concrete footers that had been installed earlier for cantilever racks which the customer had relocated.
The mezzanine and modular building system allowed the customer to expand the office environment into the production floor area while keeping the in office noise level down even with a plant noise level exceeding 100 DBA.
The end customer was in need of a centralized die storage system to better manage the inventory of dies used within their production processes. To make sure that the movement of dies from the storage system was accurately tracked a security enclosure was installed around the storage system as well as a radio tracking inventory system that monitored the rf chips installed in all die halves. An associate had to provide a job number rf chips installed in all die halves. an associate had to provide a job number a die set to the storage system. Additionally, a Gorbel crane was installed to assist in moving the dies from the storage pallets to the transportation carts.
The Customer Wanted To Reduce The Time Allocated For Stretch Wrapping Manually Picked Loads In A High Velocity Distribution Center. The Solution Allowed The Pickers To Deliver Two Picked Pallets At A Time To A Low Elevation Powered Roller Conveyor, Push A Start Button And Go Back To Picking. Once The Process Starts The Loads Are Singulated To A High Speed Wrapper That Processes A Load Per Minute And Then The Finished Loads Are Released Downstream for Pick Up By Another Pallet Jack. Prior Wait Times Per Load Wrapped Was 150 Seconds (2 Minutes 30 Seconds) New Wait Times Per Load Wrapped Became 15 Seconds, A 90% Reduction In Wait Time That Became Immediately Available For Picking Improvement.
The Customer Wanted To Reduce The Time Allocated For Stretch Wrapping Manually Picked Loads In A High Velocity Distribution Center. The Solution Allowed The Pickers To Deliver Two Picked Pallets At A Time To A Low Elevation Powered Roller Conveyor, Push A Start Button And Go Back To Picking. Once The Process Starts The Loads Are Singulated To A High Speed Wrapper That Processes Approximately One Load Per Minute And Then The Finished Loads Are Released Downstream for Pick Up By A Forklift Truck At The Shipping Dock. Prior Wait Times Per Load Wrapped Was 150 Seconds (2 Minutes 30 Seconds) New Wait Times Per Load Wrapped Became 15 Seconds, A 90% Reduction In Wait Time That Became Immediately Available For Picking Improvement.
The Customer Wanted To Find A Way To Freeze Products That Eliminated The Palletizing, Depalletizing And Repalletizing Typically Found With Most Blast Freezing Operations For Case Goods. The New System Provides That Capability Through a Carousel Based Accumulation and Conveyance Process With Significantly Increased Product Freeze and Throughput Rates As An Additional Benefit. In Turn The System Minimized The Non-Value Added Labor Content By Over 60%.
The Customer Wanted To Optimize The Cube Utilization Of Their Inbound Materials Warehouse. There Was A Wide Disparity Of Products With A Wide Variety Of Throughput Across Those Inventories. By Blending Cart Based (High Density System), Push Back Rack and Selective Rack Storage Systems The Customer Was Able To Increase The Cube Utilization By Over 100%. At The Same Time The Number Of Times A Pallet Load Of Product Is Touched Was Significantly Reduced.
A Flexible Conveyor Based Assembly System For Heavy Automotive Drive Line Components With Multiple Work Stations Assembling The Units In A Single Piece Flow Process. A Secondary Line, To The Right Of The Assembly Line, Kits The Custom Units Into Retail Packaging For Shipment. The System Provides Better Associate Ergonomics With Reduced Lifting Requirements Subsequently Resulting In Higher Productivity Per Associate. Equipment Designed, Provided & Installed Includes: ZeroPressure Accumulating Conveyors, Gravity Conveyors, Assembly Work Stations, Gorbel Light Bridge Cranes And Monorails, Purchased Part Shelving per Assembly Station.
The Free Standing Mezzanine With The Mezzanine Column Supported Overhead Bridge Crane Provides Substantial Additional Square Footage For Raw Materials Storage And Delivery To An Injection Molding Process at the Ground Level. The Crane System Allows Access To Any Unit Load Of Pellitized Plastic Materials Under Its Travel Path. This Reduces The Number Of Touches Per Unit Load Handled Resulting In Lower Indirect Labor Costs.
The Integrated Crate Assembly and Crane Based Lifting System Is Used To Fabricate A Variety Of Shipping Crates Plus Load Heavy, Large And Bulky Product Into Those Crates As They Flow Down The Floor Mounted Gravity Conveyor Rails On A Just In Time Basis For Outbound Shipment. Each Station Along The Flow Rails Utilizes Lift Assist Tools To Ergonomically Handle The Progression Of Items Needed To Be Loaded Into Each Crate.