Automated Sorting Line
An Automated Sorting Line For A Live Plant
Northgate ran two shifts through a manual sort that had become the bottleneck of the whole distribution floor. We designed, fabricated and commissioned a six-axis sorting cell around the live operation, and never cost them a shift doing it.
The line reports its own throughput now, so the team manages exceptions on a screen instead of chasing jams down the belt. On startup the numbers matched the drawings, and the payback landed inside the first year.
Features Of The Project
Every stage carried one accountable owner, from the first walk of the floor to the day we signed the cell off under load and handed over the manuals.
Design The Build
Stamped drawings and a fabrication package before a single part is cut.
Load Testing
Every cell run to takt time under load before we call it done.
Sequenced Install
One schedule across trades, with weekly photo updates on Fridays.
Final Sign-Off
Manuals, warranties and a commissioning report that matches the numbers.
The result was a line that fits the building, hits takt time, and hands its own data back to the people who run it. That is the standard we build to on every job.