Automated Material Handling

Custom Designed and Manufactured Automated Material Handling Equipment

Creative Automation has been building automated material handling equipment since our inception in 1971. Every project is custom designed to fulfill the exact production objectives of our customers. Our track record and reputation for excellence makes us a preferred provider for many of the most recognized brands in America.

Material Handling Capabilities:

  • Accumulating/Dispensing

    • FIFO, LIFO
    • Pallet/Bottom Board Handling
    • Cooling Systems

  • Automatic Setup

    • Based on Barcodes, Recipe Control, or Data Communication with Customer’s Network

  • Bunk Turnovers

  • Conveying

    • Air Flotation, Belt, Chain, Roller, Gravity, Slat, 90-Degree Transfers, Jump, Telescoping
  • Feeding/Stacking

    • From Small Units to Large Gantry Systems
    • Vacuum, Clamp, Drop Angle, Fork, Cookie Sheet, Rake Arm
    • Rotating
    • Robotics
    • Storage/Retrieval

  • Flipping

    • Clam Shell, Vacuum, Fork, Barrel
  • Product Sequencing
  • Rotating

    • Clamp, Vacuum, and Cone Turners
  • System Integration with Machines from Others

Lines Typically Integrated with Our Material Handling:

Handling all wood products listed in Industries Served, in addition to glass, steel, boxes and pallets.

  • Countertop
  • Door Machining and Assembly (Interior and Exterior)
  • Door Patching Stations

  • Finger Jointing

  • Finishing
  • Continuous Laminating Lines
  • Layup (Hot and Cold Press)
  • Lumber Processing
  • Moulder/Profile Wrapper
  • Moulder/Tenoner
  • Packaging
  • Painting
  • Panel Processing (DET, Edgebanding, Drilling, Routing, Toe Notching, Sawing, Splitting, etc.)
  • Panel Production (Particle Board, Hardboard, etc.)
  • Sanding
  • Strip Lines
  • Transfer Carts (Attended and Unattended) and Storage Conveyor Systems

CA Material Handling Integrates with:

  • Assembly Equipment (Windows, Doors, Cabinets, etc.)
  • Baggers
  • Countertop Production
  • Door Machining and Assembly Equipment
  • Drills
  • Edgebanders

  • Finger Jointers

  • Finishing Lines
  • Foilers
  • Gang Rip Saws
  • Gluespreaders
  • Laminators
  • Moulders
  • Ovens
  • Packaging
  • Panel Cleaners
  • Panel Saws
  • Postformers
  • Presses (Hot, Cold, RF)
  • Profile Wrappers
  • Routers
  • Sanders
  • Shapers
  • Splitters
  • Strappers/Banders
  • Stretch Wrappers
  • Tenoners