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Ergonomic one-man operation
thanks to semi-automatic
order-picking
The Vacumat now comes into
operation. A total of eight-
bellows suction cups snugly
fit onto the board so that they
are able to suck and raise it
precisely onto the order-picking
platform. “Each order pick is
protected at the bottom and
top, as in a sandwich, by a base
board which the order-picker
inserts by means of the Vacumat
at the beginning and end of
each order”, explains Hofstetter.
If there is dust or other
contamination on one of the
boards this can be removed by
means of the integrated blow-off
device at the press of a button.
As soon as the board has been
deposited on the platform, the
moving columns installed at the
corners take over the centring
process. In this way, the stacks
placed precisely one on top of
the other are formed layer by
layer with a maximum tolerance
of 8mm, thus enabling Hubtex
to meet another Kronospan
requirement. After the last order
item has been processed, the
operator positions the upper
base board in the same way
and immediately begins the strapping.
“For this, the order-picker does not need
to leave the vehicle or alter the present
vertical position, which saves a lot of time
for us”, says Hofstetter.
In order to make best use of the confined
space on the device, the complete work
basket is moved semi-automatically to
the right in the direction of travel before
strapping so that the operator is able to
move comfortably and without risk in front
of the stack. The roll of PET strapping is
suspended ready to grip on a rail and can
be pushed to the typing position by the
order-picker without effort. It is there that
the end of the strap is threaded into the
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guide opening provided, then pulled around
the entire stack or the individual pick by
means of the compressed air motor.
If there are several order picks on the
platform there needs to be an option to
tie them individually. For this purpose,
an automatic device was installed on the
opposite side of the strap input to allow
running at every possible height of the
order-picks and guarantee the return of the
strap. All that the order-picker then has to
do is to weld the strap ends with a hand
device and run the now-finished order to
the handover point.
ORDER PICKING