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In a custom window or facade factory, the silent killer of productivity is "the search." When a cutter produces glass sequentially but the IGU line requires pairing based on frame availability, operators waste valuable minutes digging through stacks of glass to find the matching lite. |
Standard L-bucks or A-frames are excellent for shipping bulk identical sheets. However, on a high-mix production floor where every piece has a different size or destination, they become bottlenecks. If the piece you need is third in the stack, you risk scratching the front two just to get to it.
Our sorting racks function like a physical database. Each slot acts as an addressable location. Whether you are staging glass for tempering, pairing lites for laminating, or organizing cut pieces for assembly, the harp design allows you to pick exactly what is needed, the moment it is needed. This reduces "double handling" by over 40%.
Notice the base design in the image above. For high-throughput zones, we replace the static slotted base with High-Density Nylon Rollers.
Friction is a major source of operator fatigue. Sliding a heavy 10mm glass sheet into a static slot repeatedly during an 8-hour shift takes a toll. Our roller-base option allows heavy sheets to glide into the rack with minimal effort. This seemingly small feature significantly increases the speed of loading and unloading at the cutting table breakout zone.
The vertical orientation maximizes floor space, holding up to 50 slots in a footprint less than 2 meters wide.
Factory real estate is expensive. Laying glass flat on tables or using wide A-frames consumes massive amounts of square footage. Our vertical sorting design is an exercise in density. By storing glass at a near-90-degree angle (optimized for stability), we can fit 50 to 60 individual sheets in a footprint that would essentially hold only two A-frames.
This density allows you to create "supermarkets" or buffer zones directly next to your machinery, rather than storing WIP in a distant warehouse corner. Reducing the travel distance for materials is a core principle of Lean Manufacturing.
Choose the Roller Base if you are handling heavy, standard rectangular glass frequently (e.g., at the breakout table). Choose the Slotted Full Base if you are handling odd shapes, triangles, or very thin glass that might slip between rollers.
Yes. The top steel bar is flat and wide enough to accept magnetic labels, barcode stickers, or chalk markings. Many clients number their slots (1-50) to correspond with their batch software printouts.
Our standard spacing accommodates up to 20mm (including the airspace for IGU). However, since we are the manufacturer, we can adjust the pitch (spacing) of the harp rods to fit thicker laminated units or thinner single panes as required.
We use industrial-grade, high-impact nylon. It is softer than glass (preventing chipping) but hard enough to resist wear. They are mounted on steel axles and are designed for years of maintenance-free rotation.
To save you shipping costs, we ship them knock-down (flat-packed). A container that fits only 10 assembled units can fit over 60 of our flat-packed units. This is a massive saving on international freight.
