Industrial automation applications
Automated Material Handling Systems
Sage specializes in automated material handling where the product is too heavy, large, flexible, unstable or awkward for standard equipment and manual methods.
Engineer the handling method around the real product
Weight alone does not define a difficult material-handling application. Product stiffness, surface condition, center of gravity, temperature, variation and acceptable contact points all influence how a load can be picked, supported and released.
Sage combines gantry robots, FANUC articulated robots, custom tooling, conveyors, fixtures and controls to move products through production and storage. Mechanical design and programming are developed together so motion reflects the actual behavior of the load.
Application data to define
- Weight, dimensions and center of gravity
- Rigidity and allowable gripping surfaces
- Product temperature or contamination
- Pickup and placement tolerance
- Travel distance and obstacle clearance
- Failure mode and retained-load strategy
What the system can include
Heavy-load movement
Transport and position products that exceed practical manual or conventional light-automation limits.
Custom gripping
Develop tooling around product geometry, structural limits, contact surfaces and required release conditions.
Large-area automation
Connect distant process points, storage positions and multiple machines with an appropriate robot platform.
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Frequently asked questions
What types of difficult products does Sage automate?
Examples include tires and wheels, rolls, rubber bales, drums, totes, pipe, sheet, lumber, pallets and fabricated industrial components.
Does Sage build the end-of-arm tooling?
Yes. Sage engineers application-specific tooling and integrates it with the selected robot, controls and surrounding material-handling equipment.
Continue your application research
Bring us the application data.
Share the product, payload, rate, process sequence and available layout with a Sage applications engineer.