Ergonomic workstations maximise product output

Ergonomically designed to enable assembly line operators to work fast and efficiently with the minimum of effort, work stations ensure that maximum production output is reached.

Monk Assembly Workstations are ergonomically designed to enable assembly line operators to work fast and efficiently with the minimum of effort.

They ensure that maximum production output is reached in the manual and semi-automatic assembly of all type of products.

Operators are spaced at 900mm with a recessed worktop.

Each station has a footrest, component locations, electrical sockets for personal lighting, tools etc.

Conveyors are built into the worktops to transport the assemblies between operators.

These can be flush with the surface to make it easy to slide an assembly on and off of the conveyor or recessed with guide rails to locate the components.

A third option is to use location pallets on which to build the assembly.

The worktops are available in a number of materials, the most widely used being a 16mm thick resin plastic with a wear resistant textured finish called 'Trespa'.

It is suitable for medical, pharmaceutical or food products and is resistant to most chemicals.

Work surfaces can also be supplied in stainless steel, Formica etc.

Medium and heavy duty machine support tables can be inserted into the line at any point for the installation of ultrasonic welders, riveters, presses etc.

Systems are tailored to suit each application using our range of standard modules.

Break points are built into the conveyors and the support frames so that a section of the line can be extended or shortened at a later date.

For example one of our customers use our workstations in their clean room.

As the cost of space is at a premium, they like to have the option of adding or removing an operator once a new line has been tested and save valuable space.

Frames and screeds are built using our extruded aluminium alloy Monex-40 frame building system.

This is one of the most adaptable systems on the market today.

It is available in 40 x 40 and 40 x 80 sections and has a bright silver anodised finish.

Tee slots for up to 8mm fixings are provided on each side - normally filled with our matching filler strip once the frame is completed.

Export Order - after supplying a number of systems in the UK we have now started exporting, a company in California has recently ordered five production lines seven meters long.

Each system has four operators at the beginning of the line carrying out assembly operations, one inspector, then a heavy duty machine table with an operator loading and unloading an ultrasonic welder, two more assembly operators, a fully automatic inspection station with the automatic eject of rejects, lastly a final assembly operator that places the assemblies on the input conveyor to an automatic packing machine.

Each operator position has been tailored to suit their particular requirements.

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