Multicam Systems, suppliers of the fully Australian made range of Multicam CNC Routing machines are pleased to announce the release of their fully automatic material handling system for their range of Heavy Duty SR series CNC Routing machines.

The manual handling of heavy and cumbersome sheet material on to and off flat bed CNC routing machines has always been an issue. Sheets of material are easily damaged whilst being loaded on to the machine bed and completed pieces are also prone to damage as they are being removed from the machine. In day to day production, operator fatigue and injury are major concerns within the Kitchen, Cabinetmaking and Shopfitting industries and a solution needed to be found.

The Multicam material handling system incorporates an automatic indexing table, automatic material loading arm, automatic material unloading arm and automatic off loading conveyor table.

Packs of board are stacked directly on to the indexing table. During the material loading process the indexing table raises the board to the required height to allow the loading arm to collect the board. The loading arm moves the sheet of material on to the machine bed whilst the unloading arm simultaneously moves finished components on to the off loading conveyor table. The offloading conveyor table moves the finished components to the end of the table where they can be easily removed by the operator. A light beam sensor ensures that finished parts are always moved toward the operator ready for collection.

The system means that there is no more stopping the machine while reaching across the table to grab components. Production is increased, operator fatigue is greatly reduced and the risk of injury to the operator is virtually eliminated and of course the the material loading and unloading system will work with other products as well.