ACH Milan Material Handling Case Study
Key Technologies
- Allen Bradley controls, including SLC 5/05 PLC and PanelView Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- Blue Arc Engineering vertical lifts and pusher transfers
- GescoFab belt over roller accumulation conveyor
- Overhead belt conveyor
Business Challenges
- Conveying large, irregularly shaped plastic fuel tanks
- The high level objective of this system was to transport plastic fuel tanks for the Ford 150 through a new production line
- ACH wanted to reduce the number of material handling operators needed on a line and add a decoupling buffer between operations. The current system was operating over three shifts from 5-7 days per week
Results
- ACH Milan was provided with a solution that had the flexibility and capabilities that the plant desired
- Bastian Solutions was able to support all production runs during testing and were prepared for full production when needed
- The number of operators needed to work the system was reduced by approximately 2-3 fork truck drivers per shift, or 6-9 operators per day
- Bastian Solutions was able to build a strong relationship with the ACH team and the plant and have since been awarded several additional projects on new productions lines
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