Capabilities · Machine orchestration
Machine orchestration: material flow control
Kulmen controls material handling equipment in real time. Its material flow controller sends commands to AS/RS, conveyors, sorters, robots and other PLC-driven machines, receives their status, and routes each load dynamically. Acme equipment connects through standardised telegrams; equipment from other vendors is integrated through adaptable interfaces.
Equipment
- AS/RS: four-way pallet shuttles, box shuttles and vertical lifts
- Conveyors and sorters
- Goods-to-person stations
- Robotic picking
- Automated loading and unloading
- Automated label applicators
Control
- Material flow controller
- Dynamic routing
- Standardised telegrams for Acme components
- Flexible integration with other vendors
- Pick-to-light control via Android handhelds
Where it matters most
Used in these warehouses
What is the difference between material flow control and PLC control?
PLCs move motors and read sensors. Material flow control decides which load goes where and when, and sends those decisions to the PLCs. Kulmen does the deciding; the PLCs execute.
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