Robotic Monorail Loading & Unloading

Products to be loaded are fed to the robotic cell via an infeed conveyor system. Once inside the cell, line-tracking software locates empty carrier positions on the overhead monorail system as well as monitors the speed of the system. This tracking ensures the robot can accurately and quickly transfer the product, carton or tote onto the rail without stopping or slowing the system. A custom engineered EoAT (end of arm tool) safely picks and places the product. The monorail delivers it to further downstream manufacturing or distribution processes.

Bastian Solutions engineers leverage data from your current operations to design a solution that meets your unique business requirements. Whether the challenge is accommodating legacy equipment, optimizing vendor technology or protecting product from marring and damage – our team can build a reliable solution.

• Protects product quality with precise and safe handling for a wide variety of product shapes and sizes.
• Improves operator ergonomics and safety.
• High system uptime increases overall system throughput.
• Flexible design maximizes new and existing facilities.
• Optimizes upstream and downstream material handling equipment.
• Allows for 24/7 automated operations.
• Reduces overhead costs.
• Modular and scalable design adapts to business growth.

When determining whether a robotic monorail loading or unloading system could work for your operation, it’s important to consider the following factors:

• Product size, shape and weight
• Labor availability and costs
• Product manipulation and degree of complexity or delicacy
• Facility layout and available footprint
• Robotic reach, payload, speed
• Compatibility with existing systems and technologies
• Warehouse environment (ambient, freezer, etc.)
• Factory acceptance testing (FAT) ensures our solution meets your standards

Robotic monorail solutions typically consist of the following technologies:

• Carton erectors
• Infeed conveyors that deliver product to robot
• Robot with EoAT with design options for zoned vacuum cups
• Overhead monorails
• Pick modules
• Goods to person solutions
• Graphical HMIs (human machine interface)
• Safety fencing, light curtains and other safety devices