Automated Storage / Automated Retrieval
Case Study
Project: Stage totes for pick up and drop off by an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS).
This automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) needed to store incoming parts for use in larger assemblies. The parts had to be checked, then placed in a tote, labeled, and stored in the automated storage and retrieval system.
Advanced Equipment Company used special conveyors for the infeed and the outfeed of the automated storage and retrieval system, and provided a custom cart with a conveyor deck, electric lift and custom carton flow.
Two totes on each line are lifted above the rollers for pick up by the automated storage and retrieval system. The pick-up device has two platforms that reach out over the rollers and pick up two totes at a time.
The totes are dropped off on a split roller conveyor, then accumulated for pick-up by a four level cart. Each cart level has non-powered conveyor rollers for the shelf. The cart is moved to carton flow racking, which has shelf levels that match the shelf levels of the cart. The totes are pushed onto the rack shelves.
The result? Improved efficiency with a streamlined automated storage and retrieval system.
