Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Background
Fast (Fast Gear) needed to automate material handling across multiple machining zones — raw-material crate depalletizing, empty-crate palletizing, parts-crate identification and handling, and crate loading/unloading between machining and heat-treatment.
Solution
ENGOAL delivered: → Robotic automatic depalletizing/palletizing system → Automatic loading/unloading vehicle system → Conveying system → Lifting system
Operation logic:
- Raw materials flow from stacker cranes to robotic depalletizing stations; WCS dispatches tasksto robots.
- AGVs automatically transfer crates to machining stations.
- The system auto-identifies different parts crate types and triggers automatic material call-offs, enabling rapid turnover across machining workshops.
Key innovations:
- First in the automotive parts industryto handle multiple parts crate types (9 types in total) with automatic robotic depalletizing, supported by vision detection.
- WCS/WMS end-to-end automatic task flow: machining stations call material automatically, depalletizing runs automatically.
- Automatic loading/unloading system coordinates AGV transport, fork handling, lift transfer, and conveyor connections to transfer carts across workshops.
Results
- Approximately 3,000 crates/dayhandled by the robotic depalletizing line.
- End-to-end unmanned operation from raw-material outbound through robotic depalletizing and AGV delivery to machining.
Industry Value
Industry-leading reference for automatic material call-off and crate turnover in transmission and machining plants.
