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Robotics & Automation
Smart storage and tool cabinets

Material and tools in storage that knows who took what, and when.

From a vertical storage tower to a cutting-tool cabinet: storage where the robot brings the bin to the operator and every pick is recorded.

Exterior of the smart storage tower in İMGE: cladding panels and an operator in front
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A vertical storage tower, designed in İMGE

The rack wall, the bin-handling robot and the operator port in a single İMGE assembly. The operator waits at the port; the requested bin arrives by robot and the material taken is recorded.

The outer body and operator station are designed with a human model for scale; reach and height are checked in the model.

İMGE CAD assembly screen: the storage tower's rack wall, bin-handling robot and operator port
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Shelf panels under load

The load the shelves will carry is tested with İMGE's finite element analysis: the panel is meshed, solved with loads and supports, and the displacement shows on a colour map.

İMGE CAE screen: displacement of a shelf panel under load, with a colour scale
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Its place in the factory, in Sahne

In the Sahne model of the SORA demo factory the same tower serves as the tool store; the simulation also accounts for tools travelling from the store to the machines along with the work orders.

SORA demo factory, sample load; not order data.

The SORA demo factory in Sahne: storage tower, CNC machines, welding area, crane and racks
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Model A01 cutting-tool cabinet

Drawers that open with a card or QR code; each tool taken is assigned to a person, job and part. Pilots showed up to 30% savings in cutting-tool costs.

See Model A01
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Buffer stock and line feeding

First-in first-out and expiry tracking in the buffer area; a material request from the line becomes a task for the autonomous carrier.

Autonomous transport
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