The firm was seeking a way to get their packaged air conditioning units off the assembly line and load them onto trailers. They had been using fork lifts but this method was inefficient, and all the fork truck traffic led to congestion on the plant floor.
The end user considered an automated conveyor system, but determined it would be cost prohibitive. A free standing bridge crane with aluminum bridges was the preferred option.
The end user used it with a custom designed “stacker crane” end effector. This unique end tooling has 360 degree rotation, can move up and down, and has forks to lift the pallets.
The crane system allows the customer to load the trailer faster than was possible with the fork trucks, and all the congestion from the back and forth fork truck traffic has been eliminated.
