KASTOpick bar
| Product group: | Storage, Saw |
|---|---|
| Material shape: | Bar |
| Product type: | KASTOpick, Stand-alone solution, Robotics, Infeed |
When material flow becomes a bottleneck – the solution for automated bar separation
In many steel distribution and manufacturing operations, the real bottleneck does not begin at the saw, but earlier: when accessing the material. Bars lie unsorted in cassettes and have to be located, separated and prepared manually – a time-consuming, error-prone and physically demanding process.
KASTOpick bar automates precisely this critical step. The system enables fully automated bar separation from storage cassettes, ensuring that material is always provided accurately, safely and without manual intervention. Whether flat bar, round bar or section material, the intelligent gripper technology adapts flexibly to different shapes.
A key advantage is that KASTOpick bar does not have to remain a standalone system. It can become an integral part of a continuous process chain, linking storage, sawing and downstream processes into a seamless material flow. This creates a genuine automation solution for companies looking to make their production more efficient and future-ready.
Using state-of-the-art 3D sensor technology, the system detects the exact position of each individual bar, even in chaotic storage conditions. An intelligent algorithm automatically calculates the optimum gripping points and ensures collision-free extraction.
The result is less downtime, lower labour requirements and a significantly more stable production process – even during unmanned operation across multiple shifts.
Your advantages with KASTOpick bar at a glance
- Fully automated, unmanned bar separation directly from storage cassettes
- Significant reduction in search, set-up and non-productive times
- Seamless integration into existing storage and sawing systems
- High flexibility for different material profiles and geometries
- Increased process reliability through intelligent 3D sensor technology
- Optimised order picking and material provision for downstream processes
- No programming effort or teach-in by the operator required
- Scalable solution for growing demands in steel distribution and production
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Which applications and industries is KASTOpick bar suitable for?
KASTOpick bar helps companies provide long products efficiently, safely and with minimal staffing requirements.
Typical fields of application include:
- Steel distribution and steel service centres
Automated picking of orders and material bundles with a high variety of product types - Mechanical and plant engineering
Reliable provision of long products to metal sawing machines - Metal processing and finishing
Integration into existing sawing centres to reduce manual tasks - Automated production environments
Part of a continuous lights-out production setup with minimal staffing requirements
Companies facing skilled labour shortages, rising throughput demands and high process complexity benefit in particular. For them, KASTOpick bar becomes the crucial link between storage and processing.
Frequently asked questions about automated bar separation
A camera scans the storage cassette and generates a 3D point cloud from the captured contents. On this basis, the system automatically calculates gripping points and movement paths for the robots, fully collision-free.
The system is suitable for flat, square, hexagonal and round material as well as round and section tubes, even when the bars are stored unsorted in the cassette.
Yes, KASTOpick bar can be integrated into both new and existing storage and production systems.
No, the system operates independently without teach-in or programming by the user.
Companies benefit from higher throughput, lower labour costs, greater process reliability and significantly improved planning capability.