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MESH Innovation Spotlight – A Gantry Solution for Palletizing

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MESH Automation provided a gantry palletizing solution for a manufacturing customer, using a vacuum-based end-of-arm tool to automate the pick-up and palletizing of large products, optimizing stack patterns with customized software.

The system achieved 95% overall equipment efficiency, offering flexibility and stability across six palletizing positions and six WIP tables.

 

Our Customer’s Needs
  • MESH had a manufacturing customer that needed to automate the pick-up and palletizing of large products for order fulfillment.
  • Using a gantry palletizing system with a vacuum-based end-of-arm tool, MESH provided a pick and place solution that accomplished the following:
  • Picked finished and inspected sheets of product and placed them onto WIP (Work in Process) tables or 1 of 6 palletizing locations
  • Designed a control system that interfaced with the customer’s system for order information
  • Customized software algorithms to optimize stack patterns based on orders from the MESH system
Successful Results
  • 95% overall equipment efficiency
  • 6 palletizing positions
  • 6 WIP tables
  • Single outfeed conveyor
Gantry Advantages
  • Flexibility: Can cover a large working area without needing to reposition the base; versatile in many different tasks.
  • Stability: Solid and firm structure provides stability, which helps to maintain precision and repeatability in robotic tasks.