Saturday, December 15, 2007

Automated Warehousing

Automated Warehousing is based on Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), automated robotic systems for storing and retrieving items in a warehouse. Solutions are tailored for industry purposes such as production storage, WIP warehouse, cold or deep-freeze storage, distribution centers and more. It aims to maximize use of storage space, supporting scalability and future growth, increasing productivity and refining stock reliability, while lowering stock levels and allowing a larger stock catalogue.

Modern warehouse system design offers infinite innovative possibilities. The main factors taken into consideration are product type, product diversity, number of articles, performance requirements and other company requirements.

The major mechanical components of an automated warehouse are the cranes (AS/RS machines) and the racking (shelving) system.

Racking system can be either a standalone shelving system within a conventional building, or part of a rack-supported building. Heights may vary from 8 meters to over 40 meters. These can be designed and built as combinations of:

Single deep storage systems
Double deep storage systems
Multi-deep storage systems
Gravity (flow rack) storage system


For more information, Please look at the video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbj2d_0w24E


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