Laser automation proves to be productivity winner: investing in automated materials handling,...

A contract fabricating shop, Stock Manufacturing found itself running out of laser cutting capacity. Instead of adding a third machine, the owners elected to add more hours of productivity to their two Cincinnati Incorporated lasers. They became the first customer for a newly developed, automated material handling system from Cincinnati. Installed late 2004, the Modular Material Handling System (MMHS) allows the two lasers to run eight hours a day attended and another 12 hours unattended, plus long periods unattended over the weekend as workload requires.

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