From food processing through pharmaceuticals to electronics, powerful handling systems for parts management play a vital role in almost every branch of industry. The ability to supply and remove the required components without any disruptions is a precondition of efficient assembly. Finding the optimal partner for a particular application is a challenge familiar to many users in view of the diversity and specialisation of the (parts) systems available for production lines.

The 3-axis palletiser is a high-tech solution based on Siemens S7-300 hardware that is currently in action in production lines for the automotive supply industry. It can be taught new pallets in a few simple steps, and you can store parameters in a database and then call them up again on a TP177 panel. This panel is also used to configure the system's built-in functions, e.g.:

• Picking up preassembled parts
• Buffering them in the system
• Outputting the buffer to a downstream handling unit
• Item based positioning

High-performance servo drives permit high positioning speeds and repeatability, while Ethernet and Profibus facilitate flexible integration into the local IT landscape.