Handling robot Hirata

Auto Stocker
For automatic production systems a parts feeder to robot is one of an important element. If orientation and position of workpieces are not accurate, automatic system will not run efficiently. Frequently, sensitive or odd-shaped parts are not suitable for bowl feeders and vision systems will not be economical solution. These parts should be presented by trays which are available in the market and easy to transfer an reuse.

Hirata’s Auto Stocker solves your tray feeding problem economically. The Auto Stocker is designed as tray changing system to palletize or depalletize workpieces by robot. Its accurate positioning, fast tray change time and sufficient storage of trays meet the requirement of your automatic production system. The typical applications for the Auto Stocker are for assembly operation, palletizing for injection molding machines and loading/unloading workpieces for machine tools.

If the buffer capacity of two piles of full trays and one pile of empty trays not enough you can attach additional buffer segments to the basic tray feeder. If a pile of full trays is heavier than 15 kg in case of frequent tray change respectively maximal 25 kg in case of once in a while it is forbitten by law that the operator carries the tray stack. In such cases it is possible to add on a docking station for a cart which feeds in and out the the trays. In the full automated version of the tray feeder you can connect the Autostocker with an AGV.

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