Automated Pallet Shuttle
Product
Automated Pallet Shuttle: combining benefits to give you the edge
This system combines automatic handling equipment with compact storage systems. It enables companies to cut costs, enhance their supply-chain performance, and, thus, differentiate their product and service offerings.
With this storage solution, forklifts are replaced by stacker cranes or transfer cars, which transport the motorized shuttle and the load in their cradles. The shuttle is inserted into the storage channels, placing each of the pallets in the deepest available position. This is all done by following orders generated by the Easy WMS Warehouse Management System.
In short, the automated Pallet Shuttle optimizes the storage capacity of compact systems while reducing the times used in each operation of an automated system.
Applications
Automated Pallet Shuttle: perfect solution for mass movement of product
The installation of a high-density AS/RS with the Pallet Shuttle is especially suitable in cases requiring a marked increase in productivity and, hence, that need to move a high number of pallets/hour.
In general, this solution is appropriate in the following cases:
- Compact storage of palletized goods and mass storage of products.
- Warehouses with medium- and high-consumption SKUs or with a large number of pallets.
- Facilities with fast product turnover requiring extremely high throughput and maximum use of space.
- Cold storage: the volume that needs to be cooled is reduced, resulting in energy-cost savings. Additionally, the presence of operators in low-temperature environments is unnecessary, considerably increasing the number of movements made.
- Storage buffer.
- Ideal for deep racking with mass inflows and outflows of the same product.
Advantages
Bringing together the benefits of compact storage and automation
- Maximum space savings in compact systems with storage channels up to 131' deep and racking over 131' tall.
- Rapid movement of the electric shuttle, which reduces goods entries and exits.
- Major increase in the number of cycles/hour compared to other storage systems.
- Goods-to-person system, whereby the load is moved to the pick stations automatically.
- Shuttle supercapacitors are charged automatically while onboard the stacker crane or transfer car, so the shuttle is always ready to go.
- Cost savings in handling equipment, warehouse surface area, staff, and energy (especially in freezer warehouses).
- System that allows for different configurations depending on the number of SKUs, quantity of pallets, and movements required in each case.
- Compact automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) operating with the Pallet Shuttle ensure the utmost safety of the operators, the load, and the AS/RS itself.
