Logistics & Warehousing System for Metal Structural Component Machining & Inspection Cells

Customer Pain Points

Core Requirements:
This project is custom-designed to address the logistics and warehousing pain points of the customer's flexible production line for metal structural components.
Existing Bottlenecks:
The customer has built a flexible production line covering five turning cells, a cleaning cell, a CMM inspection cell, a pressure-testing cell, and a marking cell; however, parts machined by 3 off-line turning cells cannot be automatically handed over to downstream processes, with prominent issues of low manual-transfer efficiency and broken process handoffs.
During part flow, the lack of a unified identification and buffering management mechanism makes part mix-ups and delays prone to occur.
The production line and warehousing are not digitally linked; inventory and progress cannot be synchronized in real time; without a unified control hub, full-process collaborative scheduling is hard to achieve, preventing the flexible line's capacity advantage from being fully realized.

Intelligent Warehousing Unit: Configures two independent material warehouses for classified storage and intelligent scheduling of metal structural component blanks, semi-finished parts, and finished products; combined with CHINAF management logic to ensure precise material control.
Automation Execution Unit: Deploys one six-axis robot (with a 34-meter floor rail), paired with CHINAF buffer stations, to achieve precise full-process part transfer and scheduling; equipped with 114 sets of custom fixtures (adapting to six part types) to meet multi-variety clamping and transfer needs.
Digital Identification & Interface Unit: Integrates an identification system for automatic collection of part identity and process status; reserves an enterprise MES interface to open the data link with the existing management system, realizing information synchronization.
Intelligent Control Hub: Runs HF-PCS production management software to coordinate material flow, process handoff, and inventory management; connects with the customer's existing machining, inspection, and other equipment to achieve full-process digital control.

Full-Process Automated Transfer, Breaking the Handoff Bottleneck: Through the coordination of the robot, custom fixtures, and buffer stations, parts from off-line turning cells are automatically conveyed to all work steps such as cleaning, inspection, and pressure testing; manual transfer cut by over 90% and process-handoff efficiency raised by 60%, resolving the delay and mix-up problems of manual transfer.
Digital Collaborative Control, Improving Line Efficiency: HF-PCS deeply linked with the enterprise MES, combined with the identification system, achieves full lifecycle part traceability, with 100% line data-sync accuracy; real-time scheduling of warehouse and buffer status precisely matches capacity demand, optimizing overall capacity utilization by over 25%.
Highly Adaptable Integration, Compatible with Existing Line: The system is fully compatible with the customer's existing turning, inspection, cleaning, and other equipment, requiring no large-scale line retrofit; 114 sets of custom fixtures precisely adapt to six part types, helping the customer rapidly realize intelligent line upgrade.