Motion Controls Robotics Inks Valued Added Reseller Agreement with Jervis B. Webb

Motion Controls Robotics Inc., a provider of fully integrated materials-handling robotic systems, has reportedly signed a SmartCart Automatic Guided Cart Value Added Reseller Agreement with the Jervis B. Webb Company, a subsidiary of Daifuku.

 

Jervis B. Webb is a company specializing in automated material handling systems.

 

The company is recognized for its new category of Automatic Guided Vehicle known as the SmartCart Automatic Guided Cart (AGC). The SmartCart AGC is a low-cost alternative to traditional Automatic Guided Vehicles, guided by magnetic tape, allowing users to quickly install or modify the guidepath in just few hours.

 

SmartCart AGC are ideal for moving products on an assembly line or transporting goods throughout a plant or warehouse as they provide reliable and consistent point-to-point movement of everything from small parts to heavy pallets. The routes and functions of a SmartCart AGC are easily configured without the need for programming, allowing for very fast setup and installation time, and rapid system changes.

 

“At Motion Controls Robotics our mission is to keep our customers competitive through quality robotic solutions and this agreement improves our ability to deliver on that promise. With SmartCart AGCs, we extend the scope of products we offer to automate end-of-line packaging, palletizing and warehousing solutions. We can also improve the return on investment for our customers,” said Earl Raynal Jr., sales manager, Motion Controls Robotics, and member of the original SmartCart AGC development team at Jervis B. Webb.

 

In conjunction with FANUC robots, SmartCart AGCs allows manufacturers to respond to constant changes in production and packaging at lower cost and in a shorter time frame.

 

According to the company, these Automatic Guided Carts are very effective for delivering case goods and other products as well as packaging and shipping materials to a Motion Controls Robotics-supplied palletizing cell, moving completed pallets from the palletizing cell to a centralized stretch wrapping operation, and delivering these pallets to warehouse and shipping.

 

Different types of SmartCart AGCs can be mixed in a single system to perform multiple related, or supporting job duties such as; fork type pallet handling, case handling, trailer towing for multiple pallet handling in long-haul applications and tunnel/drive under for quick swap just-in-time delivery of Kanban type containers, said the company official.

 

“We’re excited to partner with Jervis B. Webb since they are so well respected and can help us provide unique solutions to our customers,” added Raynal.