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A work station in a manufacturing facility includes a cart having four wheels that moves on a floor in the manufacturing facility to deliver parts to the work station. A magnetic locking system for locking the cart at the work station includes a base attached to the floor at the work station, the ba

A work station in a manufacturing facility includes a cart having four wheels that moves on a floor in the manufacturing facility to deliver parts to the work station. A magnetic locking system for locking the cart at the work station includes a base attached to the floor at the work station, the base having a vertical wall, an electromagnet extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall, a damper having a cylinder extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall and a piston movable within the cylinder along a horizontal axis through the cylinder and perpendicular to the vertical wall for slowing the cart as the cart approaches the electromagnet, and a limit switch for detecting the cart being adjacent to the vertical wall.

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1. A lock for holding a cart that moves on a floor in a manufacturing facility to deliver parts to a work station, comprising: a base attached to the floor at the work station, the base having a vertical wall;a magnet extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall;a damper having a cylinde

1. A lock for holding a cart that moves on a floor in a manufacturing facility to deliver parts to a work station, comprising: a base attached to the floor at the work station, the base having a vertical wall;a magnet extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall;a damper having a cylinder extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall and a piston movable within the cylinder along a horizontal axis through the cylinder and perpendicular to the vertical wall for slowing the cart as the cart approaches the magnet; anda limit switch for detecting the cart being adjacent to the vertical wall. 2. The lock of claim 1 further comprising: a hard stop extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall. 3. The lock of claim 2 wherein the magnet is an electromagnet. 4. The lock of claim 3 wherein the limit switch actuates the electromagnet. 5. The lock of claim 4 wherein the electromagnet is a bipolar electromagnet. 6. The lock of claim 5 wherein the bipolar electromagnet is a 24-volt bipolar electromagnet. 7. The lock of claim 4 further comprising: a second damper having a cylinder extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall and a piston movable within the cylinder along a horizontal axis through the cylinder and perpendicular to the vertical wall for slowing the cart as the cart approaches the electromagnet. 8. A work station in a manufacturing facility, comprising: a cart having four wheels that moves on a floor in the manufacturing facility to deliver parts to the work station;a magnetic locking system for locking the cart at the work station, comprising: a base attached to the floor at the work station, the base having a vertical wall;a magnet extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall;a damper having a cylinder extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall and a piston movable within the cylinder along a horizontal axis through the cylinder and perpendicular to the vertical wall for slowing the cart as the cart approaches the magnet; anda limit switch for detecting the cart being adjacent to the vertical wall. 9. The work station of claim 8 further comprising: a hard stop extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall. 10. The work station of claim 9 wherein the magnet is an electromagnet. 11. The work station of claim 10 wherein the limit switch actuates the electromagnet. 12. The work station of claim 11 wherein the electromagnet is a bipolar electromagnet. 13. The work station of claim 12 wherein the bipolar electromagnet is a 24-volt bipolar electromagnet. 14. The work station of claim 11 further comprising: a second damper having a cylinder extending outward perpendicularly from the vertical wall and a piston movable within the cylinder along a horizontal axis through the cylinder and perpendicular to the vertical wall for slowing the cart as the cart approaches the electromagnet. 15. The work station of claim 14 further comprising: first and second side rails having a plurality of bearings that contact the cart;wherein the first and second side rails position the cart within the work station; andwherein the bearings create a low friction surface on the first and second side rails. 16. A method of securing a wheeled cart at a work station in a manufacturing facility, comprising the steps of: moving the wheeled cart into the work station;slowing the cart by engaging the wheeled cart with a damper on a magnetic locking system;actuating a limit switch on the magnetic locking system in the work station;powering an electromagnet on the magnetic locking system in the work station; andmagnetically holding wheeled cart in the work station. 17. The method of claim 16 further comprising the steps of: releasing the wheeled cart by depowering the electromagnet when the wheeled cart is emptied.