Turnkey Industrial Automation & System Integration
Improve throughput, reduce manual processes, and connect your operation with a complete automation system.
RMH Systems brings material handling, robotics, packaging, controls, and software together into one integrated solution.
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Complete Automation Systems
We create complete systems that automate your entire operation, designed around your equipment, workflows, and production requirements.
Conveyors, automated storage and retrieval, and other material handling technologies for moving products through your operation.
Robotic palletizing, pick & place, machine tending, material removal, assembly, and other custom applications.
Complete packaging line integration, including liquid filling, case packing, labeling, coding & marking, inspection, and palletizing.
Controls & Programming
PLC/HMI programming, system controls, electrical controls, and equipment integration.
Automation Software
WCS, data tracking, system monitoring, and software that connects and manages automated processes.
System Engineering & Integration
System design, engineering, installation, startup, and ongoing support.
One Trusted Partner from Concept Through Support
Our in-house teams work together throughout your project, eliminating the complexity of coordinating multiple vendors.
The RMH Difference
See how we approach automation projects from concept through completion and how our teams work together to design, integrate, install, and support complete systems.
Automation Systems by Industry
These are some of the industries we specialize in, but our automation experience extends across many different operations and applications.
Integrated processing, packaging, material handling, and robotic automation for food and beverage production.
Filling, packaging, material handling and automation designed for demanding chemical production environments.
Automation and material handling systems for medical device and other controlled production environments.
New Facility Construction
Complete material handling and automation systems for new facilities, coordinated with general contractors throughout the project.
Automation Success Stories
We’re a trusted partner for companies of all sizes across the country. These are just a few of the many automation projects we’ve completed.
RC Industries
RC Industries, based in Elkhart, IN, is a custom metal fabrication company specializing in complex fabricated components, precision sheet metal manufacturing, and durable truck toolboxes.
Challenges
RC needed to automate a labor-intensive sanding process to reduce reliance on manual labor across three shifts. Their goals included improving finishing consistency, reducing operator fatigue, addressing labor shortages, and increasing efficiency in a high-mix manufacturing environment.
Solution
Complete Solution Robotics, an RMH Systems company, partnered with the University of Notre Dame’s iNDustry Labs to create a custom material removal robot that fully automates the sanding process.
Results
✓ Sanding can be completed twice as fast compared to manual processes
✓ Provides better consistency while using half as much media, compared to manual sanding
✓ Improved capacity by approximately 33%
✓ Lowered production costs by approximately 55%
✓ Labor reduced to one operator per shift, with employees reskilled for other positions
✓ Improved job satisfaction and less turnover
Smitty Bee Honey
Repeat customer Smitty Bee Honey bottles, packages, and processes honey from all over the world for grocery stores, bakeries, and meat processors.
Solutions
- Bottle descrambler – Eliminates the labor-intensive process of placing empty bottles on a line
- Liquid filling machine
- Bottle capper machine – Accurately and securely places lids, snaps or caps on containers or bottles
- Induction sealing machine – Creates a tamper-evident seal on containers or bottles
- Automatic labeling machine – Improves the labeling process by ensuring uniformity, precision, and speed
- Case packer machine – Boosts productivity by packing products more quickly and efficiently
Results
✓ Boosted production speed to 100 units per minute
✓ Improved customer service by reducing fulfillment times while creating capacity to acquire new customers
✓ Stabilized production with continuous, consistent fill line operation and fewer stops and starts
✓ Enhanced product quality through consistent filling, labeling, and case packing
✓ Increased daily output to support higher production demands
Major Household Goods Distributor
During the pandemic, a surge in consumer demand left a major household goods distributor struggling to keep up with orders. The company’s existing fulfillment process couldn’t handle the increased volume, resulting in an order backlog of nearly three months.
The distributor needed to significantly increase fulfillment capacity while creating a more efficient, scalable process for picking, packing, and shipping customer orders.
Challenges
- Nearly three-month order backlog
- Rapid increase in order volume
- Existing fulfillment process unable to keep pace
- Too many manual touches throughout fulfillment
- Need for greater long-term capacity and scalability
Solutions
RMH Systems designed and implemented a complete automated order fulfillment system for the company’s 600,000-square-foot distribution facility in the Chicago area.
The solution included three carton-flow pick modules and an integrated order-picking system connected to automated packaging and shipping conveyors.
Automation was incorporated throughout the fulfillment process, including:
- Carton erecting
- Pick-to-light technology
- Barcode scanning
- Conveyor and accumulation
- Sortation
- Print-and-apply labeling
- Automatic carton sealing
- Shipping label application
- Packing list generation
- Order manifesting
By integrating these technologies into one complete system, RMH created a streamlined process that moved orders from picking through packaging and shipping with fewer manual touches.
Results
✓ Increased order fulfillment capacity
✓ Reduced manual handling
✓ Faster movement from picking through shipping
✓ More efficient packaging and shipping
✓ Greater ability to handle fluctuations in order volume
✓ Scalable system designed to support future growth
Helena Agri-Enterprises
Repeat customer Helena Agri-Enterprises is one of the nation’s leading agronomic solutions providers, supplying farmers and agricultural businesses with crop protection products, fertilizers, seed, precision agriculture technology, custom application services, and data-driven solutions.
Solutions
- Robotic bottle depalletizer – Automates bottle handling to reduce manual labor and improve line efficiency
- Net weight liquid filler with monoblock capper – Delivers accurate fills and consistent capping to minimize product giveaway and improve quality
- Zero downtime labeling machine – Maintains continuous production with uninterrupted label changes, maximizing uptime
- Continuous inkjet printer– Applies reliable lot, date, and traceability codes for compliance and product tracking
- Case forming & sealing– Creates consistently formed, securely sealed cases while reducing manual packaging labor
- Case packer – Automates product loading into cases to increase throughput and ensure consistent pack quality
- Case vision inspection – Verifies case quality and labeling to reduce errors and improve quality assurance
- Industrial coding & marking– Produces clear, accurate case identification for efficient warehouse operations and supply chain traceability
- Robotic palletizer– Builds consistent, stable pallets while reducing labor requirements and ergonomic risks
- Stretch wrapper– Secures pallet loads for safer transport and reduced product damage
- Conveyor systems throughout the line – Provides smooth product flow between stations to eliminate bottlenecks and maximize overall line efficiency
Results
✓ Only one operator is needed to staff the entire fill line process, which is now fully automated
Why Choose RMH Systems?
