SSI Piece Picking Simplifies Single Piece Picking
Oavsett om det är inom industri, e-handel eller läkemedel- och kosmetikasektorn: Överallt där plcokning av enstaka delar krävs inom området för små produkter är maximal precision avgörande - med ökande krav på tillgänglighet och kvalitet. I den här artikeln kan du läsa med om lösningen i sig och få insikter om den helautomatiska lösningen för styckplockning, SSI Piece Picking, som kännetecknas av sin skonsamma produkthantering.Robotlösningen tar över repetitiva uppgifter och snabbar upp plockprocesser tack vare intelligent programvara.
What’s special about SSI Piece Picking?
In recent years, robots have taken up a position as a supporting technology in intralogistics, which is used more and more to handle picking tasks and to reduce employees’ workloads. SSI Piece Picking is a fully automated robotics solution for single-piece picking. The solution speeds up and automates manual picking, which is highly repetitive and physically demanding for human workers. In combination with manual workstations, the SSI Piece Picking solution can handle peak times and seasonal fluctuations efficiently. The robot replaces reaching into the bin. It picks up the product with a suction pad and places the item in the appropriate target container.
How does the SSI SCHAEFER Piece Picking solution work?
A robot is only as good as the software that controls it. Our WAMAS Piece Picking software is able to reliably identify the individual parts without errors, determine the ideal gripping point, and deposit the items in a way that saves space. The automatic scan function can optionally record serial numbers, batch numbers, and expiration dates. All the software and control levels of all the components are combined into a so-called black box within the Piece Picking cell. This allows the picking process to proceed independently without constant communication with the MFS (Material Flow System) or WMS (Warehouse Management System).
What motivated this further development?
We’d already implemented major international projects with Piece Picking robots. Drawing on the systems already implemented, we expanded our specifications for further development to include functions like pick-and-place and to cover a wider range of items. However, in order to represent these additional features, it was necessary to expand the gripping space and maintain performance despite more time-intensive processes. Therefore, we needed to switch the technology from an articulated arm to gantry robots. It was this development that enabled us to draw on the 40 years of robotics know-how from the SSI SCHAEFER company RO-BER.
What customers is SSI Piece Picking suitable for?
Single-piece picking is one of the most cost-intensive processes in the material flow and requires a high level of concentration from employees. If the goal is to reduce their workflow while making order processing more efficient, the combination of the picking robot and WAMAS Piece Picking is the perfect choice. This application is especially appropriate for slow and medium movers and is easily combined with our conveying and shuttle systems to form intelligent overall solutions. Thanks to the high reliability of the system, SSI Piece Picking is suitable for e-commerce and for manufacturing, as well as Third-Party Logistics Providers (3PL) across all sectors. The solution is also appropriate for goods that require gentle handling and error-free picking – extremely relevant factors within the healthcare and cosmetics sector in particular.
