In 2019 The Gallagher Group decided to bring the manufacture of their Ring Top Fence Standards back to their Hamilton head office. This was to enable them to get better control of their quality as well as ensure their supply chain to various countries could be managed from New Zealand.
The ability of RML to engineer, manufacture, install and support a World Class Automation Solution made us the perfect fit for Gallagher’s requirements.
Gallaghers needed a Robotic solution to process a huge range of fence SKU’s from full Fence Standards to all of the supplementary parts that make up the Gallaghers Fence products.
We designed a Two Cell System, one to manufacture the Foot end of the Standard, the other Cell to complete the Standard by adding the Ring Top. RML worked closely with the engineering team at both Gallaghers and Engel to ensure seamless interfacing between the Injection Mould Machines, the Tooling and the complex RML Robot Heads.
Both Cells contain ABB IRB 4600 Robots which carry out all of the product handling in each Cell as well as passing products from Cell to Cell. The first Cell is fitted with a Rod Magazine which singulates the metal fence rods so the Robot can pick four and feed them into the Injection Moulding Machine. The Rod magazine is fed by the machine operator and holds 30 minutes worth of rods.
After the Rods have the foot moulded onto them, the Robot hands the parts over the second Cell to have the Ring Top added. The Ring Top Robot receives the parts and places them into the second Injection Mould Machine where the Ringtop is added to the Standard. Once completed the Fence Standards are placed on a conveyor and presented to the operator for packing.
We have found RML to be a professional automation solutions provider dedicated to developing, building and maintaining our sophisticated equipment. Their open and honest approach has resulted in very positive outcomes for us.
From the first day we sat down with the RML team, through to today, we’ve been so impressed by the level of service and quality of machinery that they have built for us.
We set RML a challenge, design and build a new butter packing machine for a challenging application. RML produced a smart and effective solution that exceeded our expectations.
The design process went very smoothly, start up and commissioning went better than we anticipated. We have found the RML team to be professional, proactive and very responsive to questions and quick to resolve any problems for us.
Of all of the types of packers that we have on site (past and present) the RML packers have proven to be the most reliable, and easiest to maintain.
Ongoing service and support is important to us. RML knew this and I am pleased to say we are not disappointed. I have and will continue to recommend RML to others in our industry based on our experience
RML worked with us to understand our requirements and designed a solution to suit our needs. RML delivered an automated system to service two moulding machines producing the Gallagher Ring Top Posts.
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The background of RML and their ability to automate our process ticked all the boxes
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