TPT November 2023

TECHNOLOGY

Fully automated system for cutting and storing tubes

more storage space available in a smaller area. The space requirement is only a little more than 11m 2 for a KASTOecostore storage system in medium format. To realise the idea, the developers combined proven KASTO technologies into a highly productive concept, which in the exhibit consists of a chain magazine at the infeed side, a KASTOvariospeed circular saw, a KASTOsort robot and a KASTOecostore storage system. However, the user can also connect other KASTO saws. The tower storage system impresses thanks to its optimal use of space upwards, high storage density, flexibility in material intake and short access times. The KASTOsort tower provides several additional benefits to the user: the saw works regardless of whether the operator has time to fetch the filled boxes and send the empty ones. So the machine can saw more material without a pallet

THE new KASTOsort tower is designed for metalworking companies that already use a high-performance saw such as the KASTOvariospeed or the KASTOtec with or without KASTOsort robots. For an efficient process, the parts must be sorted by order after sawing and handling and placed in appropriate boxes. One of the solutions used to date has been a container carousel with eight pallet spaces on which the robot can independently place and fill the respective boxes. This is a simple and cost-effective solution for buffering manageable quantities of material. “The recirculating sorter has its strengths, but it was clear to us that we wanted to offer customers an alternative for confined spaces,” said Sönke Krebber at KASTO, describing the background to the new development. With the integrated KASTOsort tower sorting solution, there is now significantly

View into the CNC-controlled, fully automatic production circular saw KASTOvariospeed

having to be fetched in the meantime. The lifting beam is also highly flexible. For example, it brings a pallet support with three Euro pallets, which are sorted by the robots. Only then is the tower storage system moved again to store or retrieve a load carrier. The pallets are removed from storage via the drive-through station at the back of the storage system. This plays a key role in the whole concept: from there, the collection vehicle – usually a forklift – picks up the pallets as needed.

KASTO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG www.kasto.com

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