Material Handling
Stiles Machinery has helped manufacturers of all sizes and types improve productivity and reduce workplace injuries with effective material handling strategies. Engineered wood products are heavy and hard on your personnel. Give them a break with a full range of options from vacuum panel lifts and return conveyors to fully-automated processing lines. More Material Handling 
FANUC Robotics
As Stiles is the leader in woodworking sales, technology and support, FANUC is the leader in robotic sales, technology and support, the Stiles-FANUC partnership offers the woodworking industry the best of both worlds. Combining the woodworking and robotic expertise to best serve our customers with turnkey design and build solutions.
Stiles-FANUC robotic solutions are cost effective, easily accessible and highly flexible. They may be used for many different feeding and stacking, as well as machine tending applications -- with or without turning and flipping -- and working with an extremely wide variety of panel sizes.
FANUC has been the robotic market share leader since 1984, with a current estimate of 38% of all robotic applications. This is largely due to the following factors:
- FANUC offers worldwide sales and support
- FANUC offers 24/365, no-charge technical support
- FANUC is clearly the technological leader in robotic R & D; no competitor can claim a feature or function that isn't available from FANUC Robotics
- FANUC robots are extremely rigid and low maintenance and will continue to function as intended, year after year, withstanding heavy-duty industrial use
- The average MTBF for a FANUC robot is 50 months
Stiles-FANUC solutions offer:
- increased productivity (spindle utilization) -- can easily increase the production capacity of woodworking machines, including but not limited to: machining centers, routers, edgebanders, etc.
- decreased dependency on manpower
- more consistent product produced
- fewer production mistakes
- higher yield rate -- less waste
- less damage to parts during processing
- less job-related injuries, workman's compensation, ergonomics issues and OSHA claims
- automation of additional tasks, i.e. hole drilling, glue dispensing, label applying, table cleaning, etc.
Potential Applications Overview
- Router -- Machining Center Tending (loading/unloading)
- Machine to Machine Transfer
- Saw Tending (loading/unloading)
- Edge Processing (loading/unloading)
- Finishing -- Painting, Sealing, etc.
- Hardware Insertion
- Burnishing
Ligmatech ZHR
Ligmatech return conveyors increase productivity by improving the edgebander's output without adding extra people. From the entry level ZHR-01 to the high output models ZHR-15 and ZHR-16, all return conveyors are available in a full range of sizes for most makes and models of edgebanders. More
Q-System Roller Conveyor Systems
Q-System manufactures high quality, durable roller conveyors, transfer carts, scissor lifts, turning stations and a broad variety of other material handling equipment. The modular Q-System design allows for future expansion since existing equipment can be easily moved, reconfigured or extended. In addition, most Q-System solutions are built from stock components so quick delivery times are available. More
Schmalz Transport and Drying Trolleys
Schmalz trolleys improve the productivity of drying, collecting and transporting easily damaged production parts. Available in a wide variety of standard configurations along with custom designed units, these trolleys deliver excellent handling for all production requirements. More
Schmalz Vacuum Lift Systems
A single operator can now safely and effortlessly move large and cumbersome materials with a Schmalz vacuum lift system. Available in a wide range of sizes, a Schmalz vacuum lift system can fit numerous weight and floor space requirements. More
System TM Opti-Feed
A wide range of mechanical handling systems for automation to increase capacity and reduce labor. More