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Small parts create big losses in two ways: they migrate, and they hide. A screw that slips under a liner becomes a short kit; a bolt mixed into the wrong cell becomes a rework ticket. Our grey multi-compartment vacuum trays attack both problems with fixed, formed addresses for every component.
The grey colour is deliberate. Grey hides scuffs and handling marks, keeps printed cell numbers readable, and looks neutral under plant lighting at any station. It photographs consistently for audits, and it does not fade the way bright pigments can after a year of wash cycles.
Compartment layout is designed from the part list, not from a template. We take the fastener and component drawings, agree how many cells per tray and which parts share a row, and form the cavities so each cell fits its part with just enough clearance to drop in freely and lift out without tools.
Anti-migration walls are where the tray earns its name. Dividers are formed to full depth with interlocking edges, so small parts cannot tunnel under a divider when the tray is lifted or transported. For the smallest fasteners, cell floors can be formed with shallow ribs that keep parts seated during vibration.
Counting becomes visual. Because every cell holds a fixed nominal quantity, a supervisor can verify stock levels across an entire tray in seconds: full cells read as full counts, short cells show as gaps. This turns cycle counting from a weighing exercise into a glance, and it feeds directly into two-bin kanban replenishment.
Kitting is faster for the same reason. A tray laid out in pick sequence walks the assembler down the row, and a missing part announces itself as an empty cell before the kit reaches the line. Wrong-part errors become visible at the tray instead of at final assembly.
The trays are light and stack cleanly. A full tray of hardware stays manageable for one-hand carrying where the station layout demands it, and stacked trays interlock so a trolley of twenty does not slide. Empty trays nest to a fraction of the stacked height for storage.
Material choice follows the parts. PP sheet handles oils and wash-down, PET gives extra clarity where a clear lid needs to show contents, and anti-static grades protect electronic small parts. The same tool can run variants, so you can keep one geometry across different materials in one fleet.
Send us the parts list with quantities per kit, and we will propose a cell layout, a tray footprint and a stacking plan, with samples formed from the production sheet so you can trial the tray exactly as it will arrive.
