Fully automated palletizing system enters its second month of full production. The AIC turnkey system receives cases of different product from the entire plant, utilizing 18 Siemens S120 double motor modules to convey the cases into the two robot cells, multiple Cognex barcode readers and cameras are used to track and sort the cases to…
AIC successfully completes the installation and startup of a dual overhead gantry system. Siemens 1500 Technology PLC’s with integrated Mechatronics Technology Objects were utilized in order to minimize engineering and startup time.
Problem A composite plastics manufacturer’s 25-year-old extruder drive system was down, shutting down production and costing thousands of dollars per hour. The obsolete drive system could not be repaired. With no replacements on hand, the plant manager began calling all of his sister plants across the country to see if another plant had a replacement…
