Machines that Perform for Your Unique Needs
Your warehouse never stops running, and neither do the pressures that come with operating such a key step in production and supply chains. Tight delivery windows, persistent labor shortages, and ever-rising quality standards leave little room for downtime or rework.
The weight of those challenges lands on your plant floor, resting on your warehouse equipment's shoulders. When your success hinges on equipment performance, you need more than an off-the-shelf robot; you need intelligent automation systems built around your storage layout, pallet-handling workflows, and fulfillment requirements.
Melton Machine & Control Company has spent more than 55 years helping industrial operations turn complex production hurdles into streamlined, reliable processes. Our employee-owned team (60+ engineers strong) collaborates directly with your staff to develop custom automation solutions that seamlessly fold into your existing facility, boost throughput, and protect margins.
The result? A solution that works for you because it was made for you. Contact Melton to experience this automation success for yourself.
Why Automate Your Warehouse Equipment?
There are many distinct advantages to automating your warehouse equipment. At Melton, we understand the unique challenges facing modern warehouses, and we have the automation solutions to help you overcome them.
Reasons to automate your warehouse equipment include:
Shrinking Labor Pool
Warehouses today face growing pressure to do more with fewer people. With labor shortages across logistics and fulfillment, automation allows you to cover key processes, like unloading, sorting, and storage, without overextending your workforce.
Smart systems can pick up the slack where pallet jacks and forklifts used to rely solely on human operators. Automation frees up your staff for higher-impact work and helps maintain throughput even when headcount is limited.
Tighter Accuracy Requirements
Modern warehouse operations demand exactness. Errors in picking, inventory management, or product movement can quickly erode margins. Robotic automation improves precision for loading dock workflows, conveyor belts that sort items by SKU with minimal variance, and everything in between.
Faster Turnarounds
With e-commerce driving faster order processing expectations, cycle times have never mattered more. Warehouses need to pick, pack, and ship at breakneck speed without sacrificing control.
Automated systems work around the clock, helping move inventory efficiently through narrow aisles, maximizing warehouse space, and minimizing human bottlenecks. This results in a smoother operation and quicker delivery times that keep you competitive.
Safety & Risk Reduction
Facilities dealing with heavy loads, sharp materials, or repetitive lifting know the toll it takes on workers. Robotics and automated safety barriers help protect employees by taking on the most dangerous or physically demanding tasks.
For example: operating lift trucks autonomously, managing pallet racking zones, or even running dock equipment during high-volume hours. Safer workflows mean fewer injuries and less downtime.
Better Use of Space
Warehouse space is expensive and often underutilized. Automation helps reclaim valuable floor space by optimizing how you're storing and moving items. For example, vertical space systems can leverage automated shelving, and storage solutions can reduce the need for narrow aisles or oversized access lanes.
With Melton’s custom conveyor integration and robotic handling systems, the right warehouse equipment setup increases throughput without expanding your footprint, allowing you to scale inside your existing facility.
Improved Productivity & Visibility
With the right tools and warehouse management systems in place, automation doesn’t just move product; it also gives you better control. Smart sensors, sorting arms, and connected software platforms create visibility across your entire inventory. If you're tracking containers, assigning order pickers, or maintaining storage equipment, you'll gain the data you need to improve efficiency across the board.
Automation Solutions That Power Modern Warehouses
Once you decide to automate, it's time to find the right warehouse equipment automation systems for your unique operation. At Melton, we provide a wide range of automated systems and support services, so you can always get the solution you need.
For your warehouse equipment, consider the following types of automated systems:
Automated Material Handling Equipment
Moving sub-assemblies, frame components, or small items between stations can strain productivity. Our specialized equipment for material handling includes:
- Gantry robots
- Robotic machine tending
- Automated guided vehicles
- Autonomous mobile robots
- Custom tooling
Each system we provide is built for enhancing efficiency and designed to lift and transfer payloads from 5 lbs to 500 lbs with ease. These solutions eliminate bottlenecks and support more consistent cycle times across your line.
Collaborative Robots
Melton’s Cobot solutions include robotic assembly stations and packaging systems built to handle assembly and packaging tasks with integrated, intelligent technology to ensure consistent results across the board.
Robotic Quality Control
Mistakes cost money. Our automated quality inspection stations use high-resolution 3D scanners and touch probes to evaluate critical features like welds, hole placement, or painted surfaces without halting production.
Melton robotic quality control solutions provide instant feedback, digital traceability, and less human error. When paired with your existing first aid kits, fire extinguishers, safety stations, or quality procedures, they'll create safer, more reliable output.
Robotic Laser Systems
Laser etching and precision cutting require both speed and accuracy. Our robotic laser platforms handle everything from serialized rack marking to trimming galvanized material with clean, burr-free edges. Melton laser systems are ideal for high-throughput operations that need both consistency and flexibility. When you’re labeling aid kits or building warehouse subcomponents, laser automation delivers the repeatable results you need.
Why Choose Melton for Warehouse Equipment Automation?
When you need to modernize material-handling or packaging lines, you deserve a partner that can guide the entire journey.
Melton delivers that partnership by focusing on three core pillars:
1. Collaborative Discovery
Before any design work begins, our automation specialists meet with your team to clarify goals, constraints, and ROI targets. By aligning on key metrics such as throughput, footprint, and safety, we ensure every concept addresses the challenges that matter most to your operation.
2. Purpose-Built Engineering
Our team of 60+ engineers translates your goals into practical solutions using industry-standard simulation tools and decades of real-world experience. Whether you're focused on optimizing palletizing, improving carton flow, or automating container movement, we recommend only the technologies that match your warehouse operations and facility layout.
3. Ongoing Partnership
We don’t stop working until your automated system starts working. In other words, installation day is a milestone, not the finish line. From minor program adjustments to larger upgrades, we stay invested in your success for the entire life of the system.
With more than 1,000 successful applications and zero project recalls, we'll remain actively involved with support, adjustments, and upgrades as your needs evolve.
Partner with Melton for Custom Warehouse Automation Solutions
Warehouses across the country rely on Melton to turn complex challenges into clear, dependable systems. If you're looking to improve safety, reclaim floor space, and streamline repetitive tasks, our team is here to engineer a solution that fits your facility, not the other way around.
With more than five decades of proven performance, Melton brings the experience, in-house capabilities, and long-term support to make your automation investment pay off.
Ready to take the next step? Get in touch with us today to request a free assessment for your warehouse operation.
