Automated warehouse

The unmixed container arriving at the goods receiving area is measured fully automatically and placed on a load carrier with a staple-module. Given the large number of containers, it was challenging to securely grip all of them and turn them so that the opening would later face the worker. The load carrier incl. product is transported to the corresponding storage area on the 1st floor. On the ground floor, picking is carried out by the customer’s employees. At 6 stations, the station lifter provides the corresponding unmixed containers according to a predefined sequence. The employees remove parts from the containers provided one after the other and fill a picking container. Each of the 6 stations has its own range of parts and geometrically different picking containers. The finished picking containers are transported by a double distribution truck and returned to the warehouse via a lifter and stacker crane. There, the picking containers are waiting to be called off to the assembly line, fed to it, emptied and returned. In order to cover the high cycle time, a total of 8 stacker cranes are used on 3 rails, each 150 m long.