Trump and Safelog
Automating material flow for SMEs
Safelog and Trumpf have entered into a strategic partnership to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to get started with the automation of material transportation.
The core of the cooperation is the 'Material Flow Kit', a package that combines Safelog's robust, application-specific mobile transport robots with an intuitive web app. The mobile robots transport materials between production stations and can be operated via tablet or smartphone. Transport orders are created with just a few clicks. The deliberately reduced technology only includes the necessary components for reliable material transport, which significantly reduces investment costs, maintenance and service costs. The solution is also designed to be scalable, allowing companies to flexibly integrate additional robots as their automation requirements increase.
"For the first time, we are giving metal and sheet metal processing companies easy and affordable access to the automation of their transport tasks. Our robots are specially designed to work economically while meeting the highest standards of reliability and efficiency," explains Mathias Behounek, Managing Director of Safelog.
Another feature of the Material Flow Kit is the agent-based control of the robots: they communicate with each other independently and do not require a central control system.
"Thanks to the cooperation with Safelog, we can now offer our customers a complete entry-level solution from a single source for the first time," says Peter Epperlein, Head of Product Mmt SFS, Storage & Intralogistics at Trumpf. "In addition to our metalworking machines, our range now also includes the simple and straightforward automation of material transport. In this way, we are helping companies to sustainably increase their productivity and effectively counteract the shortage of skilled workers."
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