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time to return unused components to stock is the same. If the wage is the same, the total cost per day to pull and restock kits is $52.08. The cost per year is then only $13,541.66. This represents savings of $663,541.67 with an ROI (savings only) of 6.6 to 11.1 months. Additional savings come from reducing need- ed floorspace, MSD control, greater line uptime, and improved stock control.
Essegi Towers vs. Other Brands In the example above, we have seen the
nent storage and the pulling and putting away of kits which can be achieved. But if the user has already decided that the auto- mated storage towers will be of value to his enterprise, how does the choice of Essegi Storage Towers compare to other brands? Three Essegi Towers work- ing together will pull 120 parts in 20 minutes, with no operator time being needed. The total operator time needed is 150 sec- onds or 2.5 minutes (30 seconds to pull the stack from each tower, and 60 seconds to deliver the stacks to the setup area). Three other brand towers working together can pull the 120 parts in about 20 minutes, provid- ed an operator is there and takes each component immediately when the tower presents it. The operator time needed with three operators is 3,660 seconds or 61 minutes (20 minutes for each oper- ator pulling the kit and 60 seconds to deliver to the setup area). The operator time needed with two operators (each operator unloads one tower and shares unloading the third tower) is 2,460 seconds or 41 minutes (20 minutes for each operator pulling the kit from three towers and 60 seconds to deliver to the setup area). Assuming a loaded labor rate of $25.00 per hour, and 50 kits pulled and put away per week, the Essegi towers will pull 50 kits in 125 minutes with the remainders returned to stock in 100 minutes. This totals 3.75 hours. At $25 per hour, this equals $93.75 per week in labor cost.
Other brand towers with two operators under the same condi- tions will take 60 hours, which at a rate of $25 per hour comes to $1,500 per week in labor cost. Considering the two-opera- tor scenario for the other brand, the savings per week with Essegi is $1406.25 or $73,125.00 per year. The advantage of the Essegi towers’ ability to pull the kits without an operator present is very clear. Even more important than the savings today, the need for less operators is crucial in today’s environment of severe labor shortages.
The Essegi Towers’ ability to pull complete kits in stacks, with- out the need for an operator until
See at electronica, Hall B3 Booth 436 tremendous savings that automating compo-
An operator removing a kit from an Essegi storage tower.
the kit pull is finished, offers the user multi- ple advantages. The savings in labor cost due to the oper-
ator time needed with other brands of towers offers continuous savings to the user. During the pandemic, the fact that far less people are needed to pull and put away kits offers clear advantages for social distancing, while still allowing the enterprise to run a high level of production. Contact: Essegi Automation S.r.l., Viale
della Tecnica, 33, 36050 Sovizzo VI, Italy +39-0444-376380 E-mail:
info@storagesolutions.it Web:
www.storagesolutions.it
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