Wheel Solutions: Safer, Faster Manufacturing with Robotics & Vision System - Hyperion Automation

The customization challenges that Hyperion faced were threefold:
1. In order to save costs and use existing inventory, the manufacturer asked Hyperion to find a solution using a specific Kuka robot.
2. Palletized wheels have dunnage between each layer to protect them and a plastic pallet at the bottom of the stack. Each of these components needed to be moved and sorted into piles depending on their size and type, as the wheels and dunnage varied in size.
3. The process had to be fast, increasing throughput from around 200 wheels per hour when done manually to 385 wheels per hour with automation.
Hyperion’s automated depalletizing solution improved safety and physical health for the manufacturer’s employees who previously moved 200 wheels per hour, weighing up to 45lbs per wheel. This customized solution also allowed the manufacturer to increase throughput from their previous rate of 200 wheels per hour to over 400 wheels per hour, exceeding their original goal and moving double the number of wheels per shift.
Read the full case study at hyperionautomation.com.