Know what the line did last night.
Units done, cycles per minute, progress against the goal. The production view comes with every cell. Part of Formic Full Service Automation, not an add-on.
Day 3 of @packexposhow is kicking off now. Stop by our booth in the North Hall #5447. See our palletizers and case packer in action + learn about getting started with NO CAPEX automation.
Most of our customers don’t start with a factory-wide automation plan. They start with the one station that causes the most headaches, usually end-of-line palletizing, and expand once they see it run. That approach is a big reason 97% of our customers renew, because they’re scaling something proven on their own floor. The best automation roadmap is the one your first cell writes for you.
Uptime is the robot spec that matters the most.
A robot that’s down waiting on a service call is just expensive floor art. Formic monitors every system 24/7 and owns the fix, so your line keeps moving.
"The more we can say yes, the more opportunities we win." -James Shutts, CEO, Uncle Crumbles
One flat monthly fee, all-inclusive, and swap equipment as you grow.
Case packing takes the most hands on the line. When demand spikes, that's where the line stops.
A cell holds the pace every shift, on one flat monthly fee with no capital outlay.
Come see a working cell, talk to the engineers who deploy them, and get a straight answer on what automation would cost your plant per month at @packexposhow next week.
Join Formic for a happy hour on Monday, Oct 19, from 3-5 PM at booth #N5447.
The future of manufacturing isn’t one robot that does everything. It’s general purpose and special purpose robots working side by side to build the things America needs. That’s what we’re deploying on factory floors today.
@physical_int
Working with @physical_int, we are bringing general purpose robotics models into the places that need them most —- the factories that make things we all need and use. 150 factories using Formic robots and counting!
A pallet gets built a case at a time, for as long as the line runs. The hard part was never the lifting, it was the repetition.
The cell takes it for one fixed monthly price. $0 CapEx, maintenance included.
Jameson Clay leads sales AND ops at Floorguard. He used to sell orders, then help hand-build them.
After automating with Formic: output tripled week one, ship times went from 2 weeks to 2 days. Now he says yes and knows they’ll deliver.
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He loads the tray once. The robot feeds the spindle for the rest of the shift.
20 to 40% of spindle time goes to loading and unloading by hand. That is the part that gets automated. The judgment stays with the operator.