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Grob’s new logistics center, the company’s term for its parts and raw materials warehouse, is adjacent to a 1.2-million-square-foot manufacturing facility. A pallet-handling automated storage and retrieval system 〈AS/RS〉, a mini-load AS/RS, conventional storage and goods-to-person picking methodologies provide the fulfillment engine that delivers parts to the assembly line. Meanwhile, a vision system captures information about the items being picked…
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In real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. At Modex this year, it’s software, software, software. That was a big theme at a breakfast we shared with Brian Best, director of warehousing and distribution for Canada-based London Drugs. Best was at the show to talk about how his company is using voice technology from Vocollect by Honeywell. As an…
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Automation, technology and software promise new levels of efficiency and productivity along with the capability to execute complex order fulfillment strategies.That’s the good news. The bad news: just as a supply chain is only as efficient as its weakest link, a sophisticated materials handling system is only as efficient as the bottlenecks in a distribution center. A high-speed order fulfillment…
From geometry preparation to AI-assisted analysis, integrated CFD workflows…
Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
