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Warehouse Technology
Efficient warehouse technology, whether automated logistics plants, high-bay warehouses, sorting systems, or picking solutions, consist of a number of components that must work in harmony. In order to meet the requirements, we plan and develop custom solutions based on innovative ideas and the most up-to-date technology.
Our logistics experts make sure that your projects are technically and economically successful.
Our logistics experts make sure that your projects are technically and economically successful.
Stacker and mini-load cranes
The powerful “giants”
Stacker and mini-load cranes are used for automated handling of goods in high racks. Determining the running time, costs, and energy consumption – with consideration for resources for later extensions – helps with the optimal design for units. Stacker cranes are aisle-bound, track-guided vehicles equipped with one or two load-handling attachment(s) that handle carriers in a pallet high-bay warehouse, tray warehouse, or small parts warehouse.
Stacker cranes for curved tracks have a custom shape, and can serve multiple rack aisles or an entire warehouse by means of a switch system. In contract to the classic, aisle-bound variant, this shape is significantly more cost-effective, but provides less power.
If exceptionally high storage/retrieval capacity is needed for automated small parts warehouses – e.g., in connection with “goods-to-person” picking stations, as buffer storage, or for providing goods to production, assembly, or dispatch in precise order – shuttle systems are an ideal choice. They can also be integrated as an add-on into stacker cranes in an automated small parts warehouse.
Stacker and mini-load cranes are used for automated handling of goods in high racks. Determining the running time, costs, and energy consumption – with consideration for resources for later extensions – helps with the optimal design for units. Stacker cranes are aisle-bound, track-guided vehicles equipped with one or two load-handling attachment(s) that handle carriers in a pallet high-bay warehouse, tray warehouse, or small parts warehouse.
Stacker cranes for curved tracks have a custom shape, and can serve multiple rack aisles or an entire warehouse by means of a switch system. In contract to the classic, aisle-bound variant, this shape is significantly more cost-effective, but provides less power.
If exceptionally high storage/retrieval capacity is needed for automated small parts warehouses – e.g., in connection with “goods-to-person” picking stations, as buffer storage, or for providing goods to production, assembly, or dispatch in precise order – shuttle systems are an ideal choice. They can also be integrated as an add-on into stacker cranes in an automated small parts warehouse.
Stacker and mini-load cranes characteristics:
- Height: between approx. 3 m and approx. 45 m
- Switch system: aisle-bound or multi-lane (for curved tracks)
- Load weight: from 1 kg to 11,000 kg
- Speed: up to over 300 m/min
Advantages:
- High throughput
- Economical
- High energy efficiency if energy recovery options are used
- Reliable
Alternative terms:
- „stacker crane“
- „storage and retrieval machine“ (S/R machine)
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