SLU Series Automated Loading & Unloading Line
The automated loading and unloading system features a robust C-frame assembly, integrated loading/unloading module, electronic carts, and a central control system.
Key Components:
• C-Frame Assembly – Stable support for smooth material handling.
• Vacuum Suction Loading Device – Precise sheet gripping.
• Span Beam Line – Efficient horizontal movement.
• Fork Unloading Device – Quick transfer of finished and scrap sheets.
Automates Material Handling
Optimizes Floor Space
Boosts Production Efficiency
Maximizes Cost Efficiency
C-Frame Assembly Line
The main structural components of the C-frame, including the span beam, are fabricated from welded profiles. The manufacturing process follows:
Welding → Rough Machining → Vibratory Stress Relief → Precision Finishing.
This sequence effectively relieves stress caused by welding and machining, enhancing the stability and reliability of the C-frame assembly line.
Integrated Loading & Unloading Module
The integrated loading and unloading module features a welded frame with precision guidance and transmission systems. It supports vacuum suction cups, each independently solenoid-controlled for adaptive sheet gripping, and a comb-style fork that lifts finished or scrap sheets from worktable gaps via horizontal insertion, transferring them to sorting carts. The system enables precise vertical and horizontal movement for accurate sheet handling.
Key Features:
- Independent Suction Control: Each vacuum cup is controlled individually, providing flexibility and compatibility with various sheet sizes.
- Dual Loading & Unloading Function: Automatically picks up raw sheets with vacuum suction and unloads finished or scrap materials via the comb fork, ensuring fast, accurate, and safe operation.
Accurate Sheet Layering
The system uses sensitive thickness detection to achieve precise sheet layering, ensuring single-sheet handling and preventing misfeeds or incorrect cuts during production.
Safety Guard System
The equipment features safety interlock switches and full guardrails to prevent personnel from entering operating areas. This ensures fully automated operation while maintaining a safe working environment.
Seamless Material Flow
Continuous automated loading and unloading maximize productivity by removing the need for manual interventions, ensuring smooth, uninterrupted production.
Low-Level Raw Material Cart
Stores raw sheets and automates material supply during production.
High-Level Finished Product Cart
Places finished parts on the product cart for easy sorting.
Control & Information System
The production line control architecture consists of three main subsystems:
- Loading & Unloading Control: Manages material warehouse operations, automated loading/unloading devices, and finished product carts.
- CNC Cutting System: Controls laser cutting operations and automatic table exchanges.
- Optional FMS Intelligent Scheduling: Assigns processing tasks, coordinates machine loading/unloading, adjusts cutting parameters, and ensures seamless integration between the laser cutting machine and material handling for optimized, efficient production.
Automated Loading & Unloading Control System
- PLC-Based Distributed Control: The system uses a PLC controller with components connected via the ProfiNet bus protocol for coordinated operation.
- Standards-Compliant Modular Software: Control software follows IEC international standards and features a modular, standardized, and upgradeable architecture.
- Self-Diagnostics & Monitoring: Built-in self-diagnostics, automated error handling, and comprehensive monitoring and alarm functions ensure reliable, easy-to-maintain operation.
Optional System
The FMS intelligent scheduling and control system is designed for 1-to-N cutting production lines. It can operate independently or integrate with the Hans APC-FMS 4.0 flexible management system as part of the main control architecture.
Key functionalities include pre-processing marking, dispatch order execution, and processing performance feedback. The system intelligently assigns machines to automatically load processing programs and technologies, while its dynamic task scheduling ensures seamless coordination between loading/unloading operations and cutting machines for maximum production efficiency.
The Hans APC-FMS 4.0 system comprises the central FMS 4.0 management platform and multi-type workstation client software. It communicates seamlessly with external systems such as ERP, MES, WMS, and CAM.
The system dispatches production tasks to automated production line clients and other workstation clients—including sorting, uncoiling, punching, and shearing stations—while collecting relevant production data. Each client manages equipment control, executes assigned tasks, collects operational data, and maintains real-time communication with the FMS 4.0 system, ensuring coordinated and efficient production management.
Technical Parameter
* For reference only, all data shall be subject to actual technical documents.
| Model | SLU-Series |
| Floor Space (L×W×H) | 18.5 m×5.6 m×4m |
| Max Traveling Speed | 40 m/min |
| Max Positioning Speed | 8 m/min |
| Maximum Size of Loaded Sheet | 3000×1500×5 |
| Maximum Size of Unloaded Sheet | 3000×1500×5 |
| Control System | PLC control system |
| Maximum Attraction Weight | 180 kg |
| Number of Electronic Cart | 2 |
| Bearing of Electronic Cart | 4t |
| Horizontal Traveling Speed of E-cart | 20 m/min |
| Rated Power Voltage | 380 V |
| Frequency | 50 Hz |
| Phase | 3 |
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