Shuttle fires up efficiency in new distribution centre
Cleaning equipment manufacturer Kärcher is extending its logistics centre in Obersontheim, Germany, and has assigned systems integrator TGW Group to implement the technology for the new facility.
As well as a new pallet storage system, the extended logistics centre will include an eight-aisle automated mini-load warehouse, with 95,000 storage locations supplying a new high-performance picking area. A dynamic shuttle system will consolidate and sequence the totes and deliver them to the packing area.
To enable up to 2,000 storage and retrieval movements per hour, TGW's Stingray shuttle system will be used. A conveyor system with intelligent empty tote management will connect the storage and picking areas with the packing area.
