Magic word material flow

Touch-Panel as the heart of the flexible industrial workplace

Moving heavy boxes was yesterday. Modern workplaces in industry shine today with ergonomically optimized solutions for smooth processes. This is exactly where item Industrietechnik GmbH from Solingen is at home – pioneer and global market leader in modular systems for industrial applications.

As a current development, item is presenting a system workstation from the item Lean Production modular system with height-adjustable work levels and connected mobile robotics. The goal: internal logistics of the highest efficiency. The implementation: As if by magic, a transport trolley - moved by an AGV - rolls to the intended workplace. With the help of a shuttle system, material boxes are retrieved from an automatic small parts warehouse, recorded and conveyed to the picking station via a conveyor belt. The trolley docks directly at this picking station.

Central role HMI
The work table is raised or lowered to the optimal position via the KN-C Plug & Play touch panel. To do this, Kraus & Naimer programmed the connection to the item BL 1-04/C controller – the servo controller for item servo motors. It determines the speed and position of the adjustable working plane. (...) Please see the link below for the full article.