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“Sometimes you have to make a Technological breakthrough, to achieve a Functional breakthrough!”
“The PowerPallet offers solutions to manufacturing that were not available before”
The PowerPallet: All the controls of the conveyor system concentrated in identical devices. Can travel on raised track or directly on the floor. The Track:
Simple “erector set” installation; simple future reconfiguration.Easy to expand and maintain. No large electrical cabinets with associated wire troughs No pneumatic plumbing and valve installations. The Software:
No huge programs to write and manage.The PowerPallet's already contain all of the mechanical software. Only move recipes are needed to program the line. Lean Assembly Systems:
Nimble high speed movement without one-way limits.Increase throughput and reduce WIP inventory. High product mix, one-piece flow. Heavy, large or outsized products. Lean Material Handling:
Connect assembly system directly to the stockroom. Automatic delivery of right sized containers closer to the point of use. Less issued stock. No batching to carts or cart farms. Automatic removal from the point of use for product change-over. Storage And Retrieval:
The PowerPallet is the only “Automated” device in our “ASRS”Multiple PowerPallet's operating on multiple levels. Much higher throughputs. Each PowerPallet provides insertion/extraction and delivery. No cost increase to have multiple smaller storage caches. Decentralize the storage system to fit your functional requirements. The Rest Of The Story:
We're not just a Conveyor company. We are a very experienced Automation company. We've been building custom automation since 1992. We can build all of the other things you need to automate your factory. |
Ward Ventures Inc. - We'll bring you into the 21st century
When comparing the PowerPallet to conventional conveyor systems, it's a matter of...
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Mechanical controls concentrated in identical replaceable pallets. |
Controls hard-wired throughout hundreds of feet of track. | ||
| Electrical controls contained in those same pallets. | Electrical controls in large control cabinets. | ||
| Small, low voltage, main control box connected to the system by radio. | Main controller hard-wired to 220/480 volt and hard-wired I/O. | ||
| Hundreds of feet of extruded aluminum track with no moving parts. | Hundreds of feet of motorized conveyor sections continuously running. | ||
| No wire troughs on the conveyor system; no wiring. | Wire troughs throughout the system containing hundreds of feet of wiring. | ||
| No pneumatics on the system. | Pneumatics; filtered, drained and regulated throughout the entire system. | ||
| All routine or trouble maintenance offline with little or no downtime. | All maintenance real-time, in place, online with potentially big downtime. | ||
| PowerPallet's with identical software doing identical things no matter how complicated the layout. | Single huge complicated program timed and tailored to each and every section of the system. | ||
| Nimble high speed movement without one-way limits. | Single speed directionally dependant sections of conveyor. | ||
| Quiet PowerPallet's gliding on urethane wheels gently starting and stopping. | Loud continuously running rollers or chains with harsh pop-up stops and chain transfers. | ||
| PowerPallet's able to translate between storage and workstations. | Must interface with stacker-cranes to store and retrieve products | ||
