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Challenges on the loading dock are characteristic

of greater pressures from the rise of e-commerce.

Loading and unloading freight from trailers, trucks

and shipping containers are arduous, repetitive

tasks plagued by high turnover. Even with regularly

available staff, manually unloading freight and the

constant lifting and twisting results in fatigue and

inconsistent, declining productivity.

Robotics capable of fully automating unloading tasks

bring a new paradigm to the dock. High performance

and flexibility push unloading from a labor-heavy,

manual chore to an automated, refined process.

High-performing DC workers can take more desirable

positions, with relief from unpleasant work conditions.

Management gets to replace uncertainty and staffing

challenges with a reliable, automated process, with data

to fuel continuous improvement.

Solve Loading Dock Challenges

With Robotic Unloading

Honeywell Intelligrated

Honeywell Intelligrated

http://www.intelligrated.com

1.866.936.7300

[email protected]

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Harmonic Drive

FHA-Mini Rotary Actuator with Dual Encoders

Introducing Dual Absolute encoder versions of the FHA-C mini

actuator. Featuring BiSS-C bi-directional communication for

both encoders, the dual absolute encoders are incorporated in

essentially the same package size as the long-standing FHA-C

mini single incremental encoder version. The actuator combines a

high precision Harmonic Drive® gear component with a pancake

brushless servo motor. A single turn 14bit (16384 cpr) gear output

encoder has been integrated along with a single turn 14bit (16384

cpr) motor input encoder providing a true absolute encoder that

does not require a battery within 360° of rotation of the output.

Wide encoder voltage range (4.75-30)

Harmonic Drive LLC

T: 978.532.1800

E: [email protected]

W: http://www.harmonicdrive.net

Harmonic Drive is a registered

trademark of Harmonic Drive Systems

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