The market has not been without attempts. Currently, mainstream automated cement loading solutions fall into three main categories, but each has its own significant technological hurdles. We have created the following diagram to clearly illustrate their core challenges:

The pain points are immediately apparent.

Figure 1: Robotic arm loading truck – “Dust generator”

(When traditional robotic arms grab and throw cement bags, the resulting dust clouds engulf the entire work area, severely reducing visibility. This is not only pollution, but also a huge safety hazard and a significant waste of materials.)

Figure 2: High-sided trucks – “An insurmountable gap”

(A high-sided truck is parked under traditional loading equipment; the Jeenar loading equipment lowers the load far below the sideboards, only 60cm from the bottom of the truck bed.)

The root cause of the predicament: What do we really need?

Looking at the above solutions, we find a common thread: they are all “patches and repairs” on the existing technological framework, failing to fundamentally understand and solve the core needs of the loading process. A truly qualified automated loading solution must simultaneously meet the following four points:

Environmentally friendly and dust-free: Suppressing dust at the source, protecting worker health, and meeting the environmental protection requirements of “green mountains and clear waters.”

Stable and efficient: High equipment reliability, convenient maintenance, and the ability to achieve continuous and stable operation 24/7, significantly improving delivery efficiency.

Widely adaptable: It must be able to easily handle the large number of non-standard vehicles present in the Chinese market, such as high-sided trucks, flatbed trucks, and agricultural vehicles.

High return on investment: Not only must it be affordable to buy, but also affordable to use and repair, with overall costs superior to manual labor teams.

Unfortunately, traditional robotic arms, stacking heads, and high-sided pallet solutions all have significant shortcomings on different sides of this "perfect quadrilateral."

The Solution: A Leap in Thinking from "External Stacking" to "Internal Operation"

So, where does the solution lie?

If existing solutions merely involve "airdropping" from outside the wagon, then no matter how sophisticated the movements, dust, bag breakage, and adaptability issues are unavoidable.

Gachn's answer is based on this fundamental leap in thinking: Why not operate inside the wagon?

This is precisely the design philosophy behind our innovative "in-carriage" automated loading system. It is no longer a simple "loading machine," but an intelligent, precise, and dust-free "in-carriage robot."

Direct Dust Control: Through a unique dust suppression design and gentle, precise stacking inside the wagon, dust from high-altitude drops and throwing is physically eliminated.

Direct Maintenance: A modular design makes maintenance of key components readily accessible, minimizing the Mean Time To Repair (MTTR).

Directly facing vehicle types: The innovative telescopic and rotating mechanism allows it to "penetrate" deep into the interiors of various high-sided and irregularly shaped truck bodies, achieving full coverage operation.

Conclusion: The industry's pain points are the starting point for our innovation. We deeply understand that on the journey of automated cement loading, there is no shortage of solutions, but a lack of solutions that truly "solve the problem."

I. What is "In-Cargo" Intelligent Loading?

"In-Cargo" is the core essence of our technology. It completely overturns the traditional method of "throwing" or "placing" bagged cement outside the truck bed, innovatively allowing the loading head to directly extend into the truck bed for low-position, precise stacking operations.

Simply put, our equipment "enters the truck bed" to work, while other equipment operates "outside the truck bed." This fundamental difference brings about a comprehensive performance leap forward.

(Traditional palletizing head/robotic arm operating outside the truck bed, generating significant dust and unable to handle high-sided trucks; Right: Gachn's "in-carriage" palletizing head extends deep into the truck bed for precise low-position palletizing.)

II. Three Core Advantages of "In-Carriage" Palletizing, Addressing Industry Pain Points

Advantage 1: Full Vehicle Compatibility, No Vehicle Can Hinder It

Pain Point: Most truck loading machines on the market cannot effectively handle high-sided trucks, resulting in a large number of vehicles still requiring manual loading, rendering automation impossible.

Our Solution: With its in-carriage palletizing head, our equipment can easily adapt to various vehicle types, from low-sided to extra-high-sided trucks. Through self-developed intelligent 3D scanning and palletizing algorithms, the system can automatically identify vehicle types and intelligently employ various palletizing modes such as horizontal, vertical, or a combination of horizontal and vertical palletizing, achieving a vehicle compatibility rate of over 90%.

(How Gachn equipment intelligently adjusts palletizing strategies for vehicles with different sideboard heights)

Advantage Two: High Efficiency and Dust-Free Operation, Locking in Dust at the Source

Pain Point: Traditional robotic arms' high-position bag throwing and high-position bag dropping are the main causes of dust pollution at the loading site.

Our Solution: The "in-cargo" design achieves low-position bag stacking. The drop difference between the bagged cement from the machine head to the bottom of the truck bed is minimal, fundamentally reducing dust generated by the impact of falling bags. Combined with a high-efficiency central dust collection system (which can utilize existing plant systems for modification), residual dust can be captured instantly, ensuring a clean and environmentally friendly loading site.

Advantage Three: High Speed and Stability, Efficiency Far Exceeding Expectations

Pain Point: Many traditional solutions advertise speeds that do not match actual speeds; the actual speed of robotic arms is often only 70-80 tons/hour, becoming a bottleneck for production capacity.

Our Solution: Gachn's "in-cargo" loading machine achieves a stable high-speed loading capacity of 100-120 tons/hour. We employ a distributed layout, ensuring stable and reliable mechanical structures with an extremely low failure rate, guaranteeing continuous and efficient equipment operation to truly meet the high-intensity shipping demands of modern cement plants.

III. More Than Just Equipment, a Smart Solution

The "in-carriage" intelligent loading machine integrates a 3D vehicle scanning system, intelligent palletizing algorithms, and a Schneider Electric high-end control system, achieving full automation from vehicle recognition and position correction to planned palletizing and precise execution. Drivers only need to swipe their cards and input information; the equipment completes all subsequent tasks, truly achieving unattended intelligent loading.

Conclusion: Choosing the Gachn "in-carriage" intelligent loading machine is not a simple equipment replacement, but a complete upgrade to the traditional loading model. It means higher efficiency, a better environment, wider applicability, and lower overall operating costs.

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