
MACControl
The MACControl is a highly functional and flexible robot cell controller with standard features and component specifications that rival today’s best industrial control systems.
Reusable plastic tote bins and trays are a mainstay in many fulfillment centers and product distribution centers. Automatic handling of these totes and trays has many advantages and is proven to provide a good return on their investment.
MESH Automation specializes in the design and manufacture of equipment that enables e-commerce sites, fulfillment centers, and distribution centers to transition from manual tote operations to fully automate handling, stacking, destacking, labeling, and palletizing. The benefits range from minimizing risks for employees to improved material handling and reduced running costs.
There is no doubt that many industries including food and beverage, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and even high-technology sectors can cut costs and increase their efficiency with robotic tote handling options.
If you’re wondering whether it’s worth installing a MESH tote handling system, the first thing to do is consider the many benefits. The fact is that tote stacking, de-stacking, and palletizing are often done manually, but because totes have a rigid structure, automated equipment can be used very easily to improve labor utilization. Experience matters in tote handling system design. MESH leverages its vast experience in robotics to provide competitive robotic tote/tray stacking, destacking, and palletizing systems.
Denesting certain totes and trays is difficult and often results in small injuries to your operators. Automatic systems for denesting/destacking totes and trays by MESH will solve those problems. Automation is ideal for most tote operations and can provide reliable and short returns on investment due to the repetitive nature of the tasks, ergonomic dangers to humans (weight and motion), forklift dangers, and sometimes seasonal labor availability issues. System design needs to be simple so maintenance can be easy to understand. Operator functions to unjam or clean up the area need to be taken into consideration, in addition to an intuitive operator interface or HMI. MESH has this experience and it shows in our equipment ruggedness and simplicity.
Tote labeling automation is paramount to a well-designed system. MESH can even offer a reusable laser write/erase label system to eliminate the cleaning process in most operations.
The type of tote you use will depend on the industry you operate in. Totes are often used for e-commerce fulfillment, packing, order consolidation, and processes that influence the way traditional arm tooling and other traditional equipment works. Automated solutions are much more efficient, and the capabilities will be determined by your business operation.
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The MACControl is a highly functional and flexible robot cell controller with standard features and component specifications that rival today’s best industrial control systems.
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