MiniPat Vertical Carousel
Carriers (shelves) are connected to transport chains that rotate the entire stored inventory around inside a steel clad casing in either direction working on the shortest routing principle to deliver the requested items at an ergonomic height to the operator.
The carriers are presented at the access port in front of the operator at a picking / placing height, usually 900mm, depending on the pitch of the carriers.
Intermediate carrier levels can be installed at any time to cater for small parts in bins etc. Multiple levels can be configured to meet the desired volume criteria.
The picking port working area is illuminated by directional low voltage LED
Schwab Tower Heavy Duty Lift
Schwab Tower is a vertical Lift capable of storing a wide variety of products such as steel or aluminium sheet and profiles, tooling, jigs, large, heavy and "ugly" parts etc. The Tower cassette can support a load of up to 5,000Kg each with variable size possibilities up to 12,000mm wide by 2,000mm depth with machine heights up to 16 metres.
The Tower crane can also be designed to travel laterally where such a configuration makes better use of the available floor space.
Unlike conventional vertical lift systems a Tower can also be configured in a multi stack version.
This has the benefit of accommodating a larger number of trays where required whilst still operating with one lift mechanism.
Schwab Multi-loop Paternosters
Steel carriers are connected to transport chains that rotate the entire complement of carriers around inside a framework in either direction working on the shortest routing path principle.
The required carrier is presented at the access port in front of the operator at an ergonomic working height.
Goods presentation can be brought forward of the framework to a loading nose arrangement allowing free access for manual picking or by Fork Lift Truck, Overhead Crane etc.
Products can be delivered to the front, rear or both, mezzanine floor and basement levels or in any combination of these.
Aids to greater efficiency
Being able to make the most efficient use of your space is only part of the solution to effective stock handling. It is also vitally important that you are able to locate and retrieve stock in a timely manner.
Additional equipment such as barcode readers and printers can greatly simplify the identification of stock to prevent miss-picks and similar errors. But this is only part of the solution...
Even greater savings can be made by using 'Batch Picking' where a number of orders are satisfied in parallel guided by 'Put to Light' indicators against the receiving bins.
Other Storage Systems
As part of our overall product portfolio and to provide our clients with the complete solution (new stores or warehouses will rarely use only automated storage) we also provide a comprehensive range of conventional storage and handling systems to complete the full requirement.
We can provide pallet racking to suit any application, from wide aisle, narrow aisle to mobiles, the right systems are chosen to meet storage and space criteria.
It's all supplied and installed to the latest standards to ensure that your staff and stock enjoy a happy and safe coexistence.
Tower Vertical Lift
Storage and retrieval of a wide range of heavy items and large size materials
Bar lengths to 6.0M, Sheet to 4.0 x 2.0M
Jigs, tools, and awkward shapes
Loads to 6,000Kg per cassette
Automated Storage & Handling
The Schwab Tower is individually configured to the needs Of the client in height, width, depth and loading; sp long as they remain economical, in essence there are few boundaries to the design and supply of the Tower.
Tower is a vertical storage and handling system designed to tackle the heavy, "awkward and ugly" materials end of manufacturing and distribution; making more floor space available by utilising the buildings headroom to the maximum - which results in a space saving of some 80% compared to cantilever and other rack based systems - making storing, and of course retrieving products, a safe and easy by comparison.
The product version shown below has a picking cradle set in the centre of the machine and selects cassettes from the vertical frames on both sides
Multiple Frames
Where a larger quantity of product is to be stored the Tower can be s configured with a variable number of frames to achieve the volumes required, there are two versions of this principle:
Two units backing on to each other in a fast moving production environment.
Lateral exits
There are also versions of multiple frames units reaching back into a warehouse, using a single cradle sitting on top of the machine and guided on rails to allow the picking cradle to access all storage locations, then descending into any aisle, picking the cassette required, rising back to the top of the unit and transferring to the output station at either front, rear or side exits.
All versions of Tower can present cassettes to one or more work stations.
Fully clad machine options for dust reduction, preventing light penetration for any light sensitive products, they can also be heated or chilled.
Cassettes
Cassettes are manufactured to a required size or configuration to store a wide variety of materials including sheet, bar, tools, jigs, fixtures, drums, castings and moulds, etc.
Bar, and other long goods profiles in varying widths, and depths to suit the bundles.
Sheet to store standard sizes up to 4.0M wide x 2.0M depth with other products designed according to the required sizes and weights.
Workflow design can be incorporated to achieve criteria such as reducing material handling functions and improving safety by automatic presentation of the goods to an operator work station.
Cassettes can be delivered automatically to work areas away from the Tower, routing them through the front, either side or the rear of the unit or all of these combinations for feeding production or the goods-in area for loading directly from outside the building.
For example, a cassette can be positioned in front of goods-in doors allowing a delivery vehicle to be unloaded outside, with the use of a forklift or crane, and stock placed directly into the cassette eliminating movement through the building.
A truly flexible storage and retrieval system with many possibilities to suit your requirements
Access bay with perimeter guarding
Anti intrusion light curtain barriers are also be used
Sides are clad to part height
External Installation
Tower can be installed on the outside of buildings, through the roof and basement to gain valuable additional storage capacity, all these are possible with the hugely configurable design where applications can be made to measure to fit the products and the building as well as the operational requirements.
Machines can be installed to provide access from outside of the building allowing deliveries to be taken from the vehicle and placed directly into the Tower without internal handling and disruption, leaving the items stored available for access inside the building.
Controls
Operators, using the controller or in conjunction with a PC and software for stand alone or network linked communications, call for the cassette, or using a PC the product part number or order lists to bring the cassettes to the selected work station and operator to access.
Simple call for cassette keypad
Keypad and Network linked to an MRP / ERP system
PC Screen showing inventory information
