Muntin bar fabrication system

A muntin bar fabrication system comprising:

• a first muntin bar stock storage assembly having a plurality of laterally spaced apart receiving cavities, the cavities being laterally spaced apart in a direction that is lateral relative to a longitudinal axis of muntin bar stock to be received in the cavities, and the cavities being configured to receive and hold different types of muntin bar stock;
• a second muntin bar stock storage assembly configured to receive and hold at least one container containing a plurality of pieces of muntin bar stock in a vertically stacked arrangement;
• a muntin bar pull mechanism configured to grasp a piece of muntin bar stock out of a select one of the plurality of laterally spaced apart receiving cavities of the first muntin bar stock storage assembly and pull the piece of muntin bar stock longitudinally out of the first muntin bar stock storage assembly;
• a muntin bar stock extraction device configured to translate relative to the first muntin bar stock storage assembly and the second muntin bar stock storage assembly, vertically lower and grasp (i) a piece of muntin bar stock pulled out of the first muntin bar storage assembly or (ii) a piece of muntin bar stock held in the at least one container of the second muntin bar stock storage assembly, vertically raise with a grasped piece of muntin bar stock, translate over to a muntin bar feed mechanism, and deposit the grasped piece of muntin bar stock on the muntin bar feed mechanism to provide an extracted piece of muntin bar stock;
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• a cutting system positioned downstream of the muntin bar feed mechanism, the cutting system being configured to receive the extracted piece of muntin bar stock via the muntin bar feed mechanism and perform one or more cutting operations on the extracted piece of muntin bar stock so as to fabricate one or more individual muntin bars from the extracted piece of muntin bar stock.