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Automated handling systems, AGVs, integrated handling systems
News Release from: European Conveyor Systems | Subject: ECS conveyor system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 November 2003
Interior car parts stock handling
automated
High-efficiency automated stock handling facilities at a specialist manufacturer of interior car components eliminate manual handling and maintaining accurate stock control.
High-efficiency automated stock handling facilities have been installed by European Conveyor Systems at the Merseyside factory of Johnson Controls, a specialist manufacturer of interior components for Jaguar cars The custom-built system was installed as part of a major investment to enable the company to supply door casings for the Jaguar X-Series, built nearby at Halewood
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Door casings are produced in four different colours in batches of 25 car sets at a time.
These are held in stock, ready for components such as door handles and switches to be fitted.
In order to meet Jaguar's requirement for just-in-time delivery of completed casings at eight hours' notice, the company maintains a stock of about 500 door casings ready for final assembly.
The ECS conveyor system is designed to carry special stillages, each holding six car sets, from the processing area to the door assembly area, transferring stock on a first-in, first-out basis as required.
The stock-holding area consists of 36 twin-strand chain conveyors on two levels, each capable of holding three stillages, with the different sections accessed by automatic transfer cars and lifts.
On the assembly side five take-off conveyors are provided for unloading door casings from the stillages, which are then re-circulated automatically back to the processing area by a zero-line-pressure accumulation conveyor with powered rollers.
The conveyor system is controlled and the location of the stillages mapped by a PLC with a colour touch-screen operator interface, which also provides a colour selection facility and inventory data.
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