Tellen.Move: Automated part handling and material flow for sheet metal processing
Optimised part handling for large sheets
Tellen.Move is the solution for heavy or large sheets, as well as for long travel distances – wherever conventional industrial robots reach their limits.
Material flow
Direct transport from stacks or decoilers into production cells, and on to downstream processes such as bending, punching, cutting, laser cutting or others.
Flexible expansion through the addition of bridges, tailored to the specific application
Design of customised grippers and gripping systems to meet specific component requirements
Quiet operation thanks to the use of hard rubber rollers
Incorporation of intermediate buffers to ensure the production flow during shift changes or in the event of disruptions
Application of barcodes or other markings for component identification
Prevention of picking errors through integrated double-sheet detection
Technical Specifications for Tellen.Move
| Travel distance | Up to 15 m |
| Speed | Up to 1.5 m/s |
| Vertical travel | Up to 1 m |
| Software and safety integration | All industry standards: TCP/IP, OPC/UA (Siemens, Beckhoff, etc.) |
Tellen.Move – optional configurations
Option 1 – Simple sheet metal feeding
| Sheet length | Up to 8,500 mm |
| Sheet width | 100 – 1,500 mm |
| Sheet thickness | 0.7 – 2.0 mm |
| Movement | X-axis, Z-axis |
| Separation | Optional double-sheet detection |
Option 2 – Sheet metal feeding with rotation function with width-adjustable suction bar
| Sheet length | Up to 3,000 mm |
| Sheet width | 100 – 1,500 mm |
| Sheet thickness | 0.5 – 5.0 mm |
| Movement | X, Y and Z axes, Z-axis rotation |
| Separation | Optional double-sheet detection |
Option 3 – Sheet metal feeding of variable width
| Sheet length | Up to 6,500 mm |
| Sheet width | 100 – 1,500 mm |
| Sheet thickness | 0.7 – 2.0 mm |
| Movement | X- and Z-axes |
| Separation | Optional double-sheet detection |
Option 4 – Feeding of prefabricated parts with fork
| Sheet length | Up to 4,000 mm |
| Sheet width | On request |
| Sheet thickness | On request |
| Movement | X, Y and Z axes, Z-axis rotation |
| Separation | Not possible |
Option 5 – Sheet metal removal including rotation function and area vacuum gripper
| Sheet length | Up to 3,000 mm |
| Sheet width | 100 – 1,500 mm |
| Sheet thickness | 0.5 – 5.0 mm |
| Movement | X, Y and Z axes, Z-axis rotation |
| Separation | Not possible |
Option 6 – Sheet metal feeding including with-adjustable suction bar
| Sheet length | Up to 4,000 mm |
| Sheet width | 100 – 1,500 mm |
| Sheet thickness | 0.7 – 2.0 mm |
| Movement | X-axis, Y-axis, Z-axis |
| Separation | Optional double-sheet detection |
Option 7 – Feeding or stacking finished parts with magnetic gripper
| Sheet length | Up to 9,000 mm |
| Sheet width | On request |
| Sheet thickness | On request |
| Movement | X-axis, Z-axis, optional swivel |
| Separation | Possible |
Optional extras
Collision Control & Digital Twin
Where a wide variety of components and motion sequences are involved, reliable collision control is essential for safe and stable operation. A dedicated safety software system operating in parallel as a digital twin continuously monitors all movements and control commands in real time. Potential collisions – whether caused by mechanical movements or software commands – are detected and prevented before they can occur. If a critical situation is identified, all affected axes are stopped immediately.
This protects machinery and components preventing consequential damage. In addition, the digital twin enables the simulation and validation of components, machine behaviour, and motion sequences before implementation. This allows processes to be optimized proactively, risks to be identified early, and commissioning times to be reduced.
Precise and fast positioning through intelligent sensor technology
When extremely high positioning accuracy is required, the purely mechanical precision of a gantry system reaches its physical limits. These limitations are primarily influenced by the length of the measurement chain – the distance between reference and support points – as well as factors such as temperature-related expansion and drift.
For positioning accuracies of less than 1 mm, additional sensor technology located directly on the machine may be used. Rather than relying solely on geometric calculations, the gantry determines the exact sheet position through a combination of sensor data and machine feedback.
This approach significantly improves positioning accuracy, process reliability, and repeatability, ensuring precise material handling even under demanding production conditions.
Intermeadiate buffers ensure a smooth production flow and decouple processes
All relevant sheet metal data – such as dimensions, material thickness, and material type – is automatically transferred via the interface between the ERP system and the coil handling system.
Based on this information, Tellen.Move automatically generates the stacking plan and provides the corresponding data for each individual sheet to the downstream production processes.
This ensures a continuous flow of information throughout the production chain, reduces manual data entry, and increases both process reliability and production efficiency.
