Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
Automated Stoarge/Retieval System handles SMD components.
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Able to store 336, 13 in. dia reels, Tower-XL offers fully automatic, modular, and secure storage system for SMD components. It helps electronics manufacturers simplify logistics by installing near pick-and-place machines, enabling operators to store components and retrieve them from stock when needed. Access time for each reel is less than 12 sec, and included stock management software features modules for job planning and tracking of MSL-classified components.
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Tower-XL Stores More 13" Reels
The new Tower-XL from Essemtec offers 70 percent more space for 13" reels than a conventional Tower, and is only 12 cm (4.7") wider.
Tower is a fully automatic, modular and secure storage system for SMD components. Electronics manufacturers can reduce logistics cost by installing Towers near the pick-and-place machines. As such, machine operators can store components and retrieve them from stock just where they are needed.
The Tower-XL can store a maximum of 336 reels with 13" diameters, where the conventional Tower can store only 196. The footprint of the Tower-XL is 12 cm (4.7") wider, which offers the additional room for larger reel storage cassettes. In total, the new Tower can store 406 trays and reels (7 and 13"). When storing a reel, the Tower controls reel diameter and barcode. The access time for each reel is less than 12 seconds.
The Tower system includes stock management software with modules for job planning and tracking of MSL classified components in addition to other features. With one mouse click, it can dump all components for a machine, resulting in significantly fewer hours of setup time compared to conventional storage methods.
About the company:
The Swiss machine manufacturer Essemtec is a market leader in manufacturing flexible production systems for industrial users. Essemtec has been developing, manufacturing and marketing equipment and machines for all processes in the electronics industry since 1991: printers, dispensers, pick and place and soldering systems. Manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic systems are available. The range of products also includes transportation and storage systems, as well as software solutions for planning, simulation optimisation and documentation of manufacturing. All Essemtec systems are optimized for maximum flexibility. The user can switch from one product to another in no time, thus making maximum use of the available production capacity. Essemtec - Be more flexible.
