Adaptable solution
Modular aluminium profiling systems can be readily adapted to a wide variety of warehouse applications, says MiniTec.
Modular aluminium profiles are fundamentally industrial “meccano” components. Within given physical and mechanical design constraints the product can be used to construct almost any structure. While it is the case that most of us would most readily associate profile systems being used to construct machine safety cages and enclosures there are many other applications in the warehouse and logistics operation where the simplicity and flexibility of the systems can be put to most effective use.
A common dilemma – is it more cost effective to buy standard equipment and then have to spend money of re-arranging the facility to shoehorn that solution in or is it more cost effective to seek a customised solution that will match exactly your requirements?
MiniTec designs and manufactures modular aluminium profile systems and accessories with an emphasis on creating for the customer exactly what he wants within the envelope specified.
Here are three very different applications.
Dynamic flow racking
The system is also used for warehouse racking and storage requirements, line-side FIFO racking and transport systems. The modular nature of the product and extensive range of accessories allows for a very high degree of customisation in order to provide the customer with exactly what he requires for his operation. For example, a full scale flow rack system has been designed for a client to demonstrate how an intelligent retro-fitted stock monitoring system could be quickly and easily installed on flow racks.
Online retail warehouse trolley
Another area where a modular profile system will deliver greater flexibility in design and application occurs in the extensive manual picking and moving operations associated with on-line retail warehousing operations. The UK's leading online retailer has had a requirement for a customised design of trolley to assist in the picking operation where a variety of containers are needed to collect and transport orders to the next part of the operation. Careful selection of the right modular aluminium profiles which are then easily assembled using nothing more than an Allen key provided the right solution and demonstrates how a customised solution need not necessarily mean a complex and costly end product.
Conveyors
Aluminium profiles used to construct conveyor systems deliver a flexible and cost effective solution to conveyor handling for production lines. Manual stations and complex automated processes can be achieved cost-effectively with MiniTec’s conveyor systems consisting of standardised modules that can be combined in a variety of ways.
Precisely because these systems are modular means that they can be dismantled and re-built, modified or extended thus ensuring that the initial capital investment can continue to deliver a long-lasting return.
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