Manufacturing solutions
Whether it is a stockholder or a manufacturing facility using the storage systems and/or sawing machines, they benefit not only from higher productivity but also lower running costs through more economical use of electrical power. As an added bonus, more data is available to drive end- to-end decision-making, from order to delivery. Manually executed processes no longer meet today’s standards in the metal processing industry. Customers are offered sustainable concepts for automating and interconnecting operating sequences, from the raw material to picking the cut pieces. Processes include storage and retrieval, in-plant material handling, sawing, parts removal, marking, palletising and bundling. Solutions from KASTO ensure continuously controlled, intelligent material flow. Machines, systems, goods and load carriers communicate autonomously, enabling flexible, resource efficient, economical storage and fabrication. In this way, users remain competitive despite the rising costs of energy and materials, while at the same time improving their ecological performance. Digitisation and resource conservation are key components in the portfolio of the Achern-
based company, which has a subsidiary in Milton Keynes serving Britain and Ireland. KASTOlogic is a modular warehouse management system (WMS) designed for bar and sheet metal storage requirements. The software enables users to manage and monitor not only the processes in the warehouse itself, but also upstream and downstream processes. Even manually operated storage areas can be integrated into the system using the mobile app. All procedures such as storage and stock transfers, order picking, shipping and inventory data can be transferred to the WMS via a smartphone or tablet. The app can also be used to implement pick-by-crane systems, whereby the user commissions an integrated overhead crane that moves automatically to the storage location to source the required material. KASTO can plan, simulate and commission storage systems by combining KASTOlogic with a 3D software platform. For instance, it enables the utilisation of a configurator to create live presentations and system simulations for customers. Furthermore, project planning is faster, more accurate and leads to lower costs
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