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Up to five machine tools – including the G550a, G552 and G552T – can be connected to a pallet storage rack with a maximum of 87 pallet positions.
  1. Automation and Robotics

Modular Linear Pallet Storage Links Machining Systems

May 14, 2020
Up to five machine tools can be connected to a pallet storage rack with a maximum of 87 pallet positions, to establish flexible manufacturing lines for various types of parts.

GROB SYSTEMS, a developer of manufacturing systems and machine tools, has developed an automated linear pallet storage system (PSS-L) that helps establish flexible manufacturing lines that complement various types of parts.

The PSS-L is conceived and presented as a modular system for individual machines or for interlinking the same machining systems. Up to five machine tools – including the G550a, G552 and G552T – can be connected to a pallet storage rack with a maximum of 87 pallet positions. The PSS-L also can operate “locked out” of a system, as an independent machine.

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The PSS-L is equipped with a linear traveling pallet changer system with a pallet gripper to transport the materials between setting stations, work-piece deposits and machines.
The PSS-L is equipped with a linear traveling pallet changer system with a pallet gripper to transport the materials between setting stations, work-piece deposits and machines.
With the PSS-L, a significant increase in machine utilization and economic production can be achieved, and a longer unmanned production period is made possible, according to the developer. Other advantages include a high storage density with a small footprint, a cost-conscious acquisition investment, as well as the excellent visibility into the workspace and the pallet storage locations.

The PSS-L is equipped with a linear traveling pallet changer system, with a pallet gripper to transport the materials between setting stations, work-piece deposits and machines. No cable track is used and the pallets are staged close to the machine to prevent long exchange times.

The system also comes with production control software, so that users have a simple, intuitive organization of pallets and parts with associated process steps. Customers can have autonomous part and pallet control while considering resources, along with monitoring and verification of tool resources for all scheduled orders.

Learn more at www.grobgroup.com