Solutions for Material Handling OEMs

Rapidly Deliver Smarter, More Agile Automated Material Handling Systems

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Today’s material handling marketplace is dynamic, and end users need the ability to pivot on a moment’s notice. Trying to achieve this using the fixed designs of yesterday’s material handling equipment simply is not possible. Discover how digital-first optimization, distributed control architectures and intelligent material movement enable you to offer the flexibility and scalability your customers require.

Stay Ahead of Rapid Change with a Smarter Design Solution

As an OEM, you are now faced with creating systems that are more flexible and agile than ever before - and must do so under condensed project timelines. With Emulate3D™ software it is possible to transform what’s possible in your machines while making your processes more productive and profitable.

With this software, you can emulate and simulate your equipment in a virtual environment before approving final designs and simplify your path to better optimized systems that can reach the market faster. Now you can validate that your machines are ready to meet demands for flexible operation too. Using functional digital models, you can test system behavior against any number of manufacturing scenarios, confirm performance and catch potential issues before they have an impact.

This model can then increase productivity and reduce costs throughout the machine lifecycle – enabling you to work more efficiently, improve support and confidently deliver more reliable systems.

Discover how you can:

Reduce risk with a streamlined, virtual design process
Commission machines with more confidence and speed
Create more efficient, flexible and productive systems
Mitigate capital expenditures by testing in a virtual work environment

How are Material Handling OEMs Delivering More Value?

Digital-first optimization

Act faster and reduce risk by designing, testing and commissioning machines virtually before physical implementation.

Distributed control architecture

Network your automation solutions to simplify designs, increase intelligence and empower productivity.

Intelligent material movement

Move products within machines and throughout facilities in a smarter way with technology that is faster and more flexible.

Unlock New Possibilities in Your Material Handling Systems

Discover how our leading hardware and software technologies can be applied to help you add more value to your machines, differentiate your solutions and maximize customer satisfaction.

You’re facing pressure to condense design timelines to meet end user needs without sacrificing quality. Designing in a virtual environment can help by lowering costs and mitigating risk.

Emulate3D™ digital twin software helps you efficiently design and solve material handling challenges in the digital world before they manifest in the physical world. With virtual design and prototyping, you can create material handling systems and put them through their paces to detect anomalies, resolve sequencing issues and test configuration options.

You can also validate your control code using FactoryTalk® Logix Echo. This emulation software allows you to complete testing and validation without leaving your digital environment or compromising the quality your customers have come to expect.

Your customers are looking for ways to get new systems online faster and get more value from their automation investments. Now there is a more modular and scalable way to design your systems to make meeting these demands a reality. By designing with our On-Machine™ solutions you can bring your networked control components out of the electrical enclosure and field mount them so that your systems are easier to start up and can deliver more operational value. And they enable modular design of your systems, which means fewer parts for you to assemble, reduced errors in commissioning and lower mean time to restoration for your customers. Step inside a new world of possibilities where you can:

Lower total system costs when machines require fewer components and connection points
Accelerate installation and reduce engineering time with simpler, more modular systems
Reduce risk by designing systems that are easier to support and more intuitive to operate

Companies everywhere are looking for ways to become more flexible and locate the operational enhancements that can have the most impact to their business. Improving the way goods move throughout a facility can be one of the greatest opportunities to make these goals a reality. Using our comprehensive fleet of AMRs and intuitive fleet management platform, you can autonomously tackle any of your customer's material handling jobs up to 4,200 lb. See how our AMR solutions can help you:

Enhance the productivity of your systems by removing bottlenecks and improving safety
Expand your offerings to provide end-to-end material handling solutions
Connect your solutions across the plant with mobile transportation technology

Transporting materials around facilities and from process-to-process efficiently is a top priority for many of your customers. And labor shortages and an expanding product mix is making a solution even more critical. Thankfully, a new era in product transportation and routing has arrived. Using our independent cart technology, you can deliver productivity never before possible using fast, flexible, intelligent motion that can adapt on the fly.

Improve production rates and improve flexibility with faster speeds and automatic routing
Deliver solutions that can adapt quickly and efficiently to new production demands
Help protect people and production using technology that is designed with safety in mind

See our Material Handling Solutions in Action

Leading Material Handling OEMs are Making an Impact with Cutting-edge Systems

OEMs that create modern material handling equipment can help their customers stay ahead in a dynamic market. Backed by our technology, we are helping OEMs like you to deliver optimized performance with more scalable and intelligent systems.

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