Increase Your Efficiency with the Wes-Tech Gantry System

By Wes-Tech Automation Solutions | February 16, 2023

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Efficiency within your space can lead to higher profitability and return on investment. At Wes-Tech, our proprietary products have been designed and developed to seamlessly integrate into your manufacturing process. Our gantry product series is a game-changer for many applications, allowing you to increase the range of what you can manufacture within your available footprint.

The Wes-Tech TCL Gantry Series delivers world-class robustness and reliability. The design is flexible enough to meet the unique needs of your operation, using universal gripper design, combined with standardized controls to increase your efficiency. Our standard machine tool interface simplifies integration of the loader to most lathes, machining centers, and grinders.

With hundreds of successful installations, Wes-Tech gantries demonstrate consistent excellence for a variety of tasks, including machine tool loading/unloading, material handling, pick-n-place, and many more demanding applications. Many Custom H Loader and Area Configurations are available for payloads up to 1000 lbs.

Key features and benefits of the Wes-Tech TCL Gantry Series

Feature

  • Operator access to machine tool while others are running in automatic
  • Unattended loading of CNC lathes, mills, and grinders
  • Small, medium, or large lot sized
  • Integrated parts feeding and handling
  • Three programmable servo axes standard, with option for a 4th
  • Fast traverse speed up to 3 m/sec
  • Conversational programming simplicity
  • Built-in diagnostics
  • All machines can be configured to your layout from standard modules
  • Standardized controls designed to increase your efficiency

Benefit

  • Unobstructed access to part fixtures and cutting tools
  • Increase output without added labor costs
  • Flexibility to match production demand
  • Efficient material handling
  • Ability to easily traverse inside the CNC, maneuver around obstructions, and reposition between ops
  • Extremely quick part exchanges
  • Easily add and modify the program
  • Intuitive and clear fault recovery
  • Proven and time-tested design
  • Straightforward controls written to maximize uptime and output

Wes-Tech gantry products deliver a positive return on your invested capital, operate with zero down time, and provide you with increased throughput – all while freeing up your resources to concentrate on value-added activity. Contact us today to find out how Wes-Tech can design the optimal solution for your needs, leveraging more than 4,200 custom-engineered automation solutions to enhance your competitive advantage.

Team Wes-Tech

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