Herochu Laser Cutting Sheet Metal Storage & Automatic Loading/Unloading System
From $8,900 • CE • ISO 9001 • Fully Customizable
Maximize uptime, slash labor costs and turn your laser cutting line into a 24/7 profit center with Herochu—the intelligent sheet-metal storage and automatic load/unload solution engineered for every brand of fiber or CO₂ laser cutter.
Why Herochu?
Most fabricators lose 20-40 % of daily laser capacity to manual loading, sheet searching and idle tables. The Herochu BRG System eliminates these bottlenecks by combining a modular material warehouse with a vacuum-cup loader and fork-tine unloader that work in perfect synchronization with your existing shuttle tables. One operator—or none—can keep multiple machines fed around the clock.
- Intelligent Sheet-Metal Warehouse
• High-density vertical storage towers hold 2–10 t per shelf and up to 200 t total in a footprint as small as 15 m².
• Servo-driven stacker crane travels ±0.5 mm accuracy, retrieving any sheet in <60 s.
• Warehouse management software (WMS) links to your MES/ERP, so the right grade, thickness and remnant is always ready before the next nest starts.
• Expandable design: add extra towers or load ports as volume grows—no civil work required. - Automatic Loading with Vacuum-Cup Technology
• 16–32 independent vacuum zones adapt to micro-tabs, small parts and warped sheets.
• 200 % safety factor lifting force keeps thin aluminum or galvanized sheets perfectly flat.
• Automatic sheet separation, double-sheet detection and oil-film breakers prevent loading errors.
• Soft-touch placement on 3-point supports guarantees ±0.1 mm repeatability on the shuttle table. - Automatic Unloading & Sorting
• Motorized fork tines slide under cut parts, lift and transfer to configurable pallets or stillages.
• Remnants are returned to the warehouse or dropped onto a dedicated scrap conveyor.
• Optional robotic arm with magnetic or gripper heads can segregate parts by order, customer or downstream process. - Plug-and-Play Integration
• Universal interface boards connect to Trumpf, Bystronic, Amada, Mazak, LVD, Salvagnini and other OEMs in hours, not days.
• CE, UL and ISO 9001 certified safety circuits meet global standards.
• Remote VPN diagnostics and over-the-air firmware updates keep downtime near zero. - Rapid ROI
• Typical payback: 6–10 months for a two-shift shop, 12–18 months for single shift.
• Labor savings: 1–2 FTE per laser.
• Machine utilization jumps from 45 % to 85 %, adding up to 1,200 extra productive hours per year on a 3 kW laser.
• Scrap and rework drop 30 % thanks to precise sheet handling. - Built for Your Workshop
Every Herochu system is drawn in 3-D from your floor plan, ceiling height, doorway widths and crane paths. Choose:
• Single- or double-sided load towers
• 1-, 2- or 3-laser service loops
• Remnant return, sorting conveyor, or AGV hand-off
Custom packages start at only US $8,900 and scale to fully unmanned lights-out factories.
Safety & Sustainability
• Category-4 light curtains, perimeter fencing and interlocked gates protect operators.
• Regenerative drives feed braking energy back to the grid, cutting power consumption 15 %.
• Low-noise (<70 dB) operation keeps the work environment comfortable.
Specifications at a Glance
Sheet thickness: 0.5–25 mm (20 ga–1″)
Sheet size: 1.5 × 3 m to 2 × 4 m (standard), custom sizes welcome
Load/unload cycle: 60–90 s depending on sheet weight
Lifting capacity: 300 kg per suction frame, 500 kg per fork set
Control: Siemens S7-1500 PLC with 12″ HMI and OPC-UA interface
Certification: CE, UKCA, ISO 9001, ISO 14001
Installation & Support
Herochu ships in ISO container modules, arriving pre-wired and pre-tested. Our field engineers commission the system in 3–5 days, provide on-site training, and back it with a 24-month warranty and lifetime remote support. Spare parts are stocked on four continents for same-day dispatch.
Ready to Automate?
Send us your workshop layout and cutting schedule today. Within 48 hours you will receive a 3-D proposal, ROI report and fixed-price quotation. Join thousands of fabricators on four continents who have made Herochu the benchmark for Laser Cutting Sheet Metal Storage and Automatic Loading/Unloading.
