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Custom Engineering | Halden Marine

Northgate

Sortation cell | 2023

Northgate

Project overview

  • Automation
  • Vision
  • Installation

01

Challenge

Packers were sorting small fittings by hand at the end of a shift. Floor space was fixed and the line could not stop for installation.

02

Approach

We measured the line, built a full-scale mock-up out of plywood, and let the packers tell us what was in the way before cutting any metal.

03

Solution

A self-contained cell with a camera, a diverter and a hopper, installed over a weekend and running the following Monday.

Cell installed on the packing line.
Cell installed on the packing line.

Results

Weekend to install
1
Line stoppages
0
Fitting types sorted
8

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