Line-side starvation
Late material deliveries stop production and leave skilled teams idle.
Streamlined Production
Manufacturing Automation
Keep production lines fed — from raw material staging to finished goods handling.
Overview
Automation for Manufacturing
Metallum’s manufacturing automation solutions optimize work-in-process (WIP) flow, raw material staging, and finished goods handling across discrete and continuous production environments. By integrating heavy-duty automated guided vehicles (AGVs), automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), and synchronized roller conveyors with intelligent WES software, we eliminate floor congestion, prevent line-down starvation, and drive 24/7 operational throughput.
Challenges
Common Challenges
Floor congestion
Manual forklifts crowd aisles and create safety risks around assembly cells.
WIP visibility
Work-in-process buffers grow without accurate, real-time inventory tracking.
Shift-to-shift consistency
Manual material handling varies between shifts and operators.
Solutions
Suitable Automation Solutions
Heavy-duty AGV transport
Structured, repeatable deliveries between storage, production cells and docks.
AS/RS buffer storage
Automated WIP and finished-goods buffers decouple production from shipping.
End-of-line robotic palletizing
Robotic cells stack finished goods for automated takeaway.
WES coordination
Software synchronizes material release with production schedules.
Products
Related Products
Intelligent Transport
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
Laser- and magnetic-guided AGVs that automate pallet and unit-load transport between production, storage and docks — safely, predictably and 24/7.
High-Density Storage
Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
Unit-load and mini-load AS/RS with stacker cranes and robotic shuttles for high-density, Goods-to-Person storage with near-100% inventory accuracy.
Continuous Flow
Conveyor Systems
Powered roller and slider bed belt conveyors with zero-pressure accumulation, line speeds up to 295 FPM and seamless integration with AS/RS, sortation and AGVs.
Precision Robotics
Industrial Robotics
Robotic palletizing and depalletizing cells with 3D vision and AI mixed-SKU stacking for fast, stable, 24/7 end-of-line automation.
Intelligent Control
Automation Software
Open-architecture WES and WCS software that coordinates AS/RS, AGVs, robotics and conveyors in real time — without vendor lock-in.
Manufacturing
