Pallet buffer offers speed and reduces reliance on MHE
RediTechniX has released a ‘plug and go’ pallet buffer and sequencer module for its RediLogX automated pallet storage and retrieval system.
The new system has been designed to reduce on site handling costs and increase speed of pallet throughput and is suited to manual, semi-automated or fully automated storage.
The RediTechniX sequencer and buffer allows picked or assembled pallets to be held over multiple levels within the storage cube to maximise the capacity of the warehouse or distribution centre’s (DC) marshaling area. The sequencer sorts the completed pick into load order and delivers the goods to the correct bay at ground floor level.
The system deals equally well with palletised, boxed or roll caged products and, because it is modular, pallet capacity can be scaled to suit a user’s individual requirements.
The system is said to offer a host of cost benefits.
For example, it reduces the need for materials handling equipment and on site staff because handling equipment is not required to feed pallets in to or retrieve pallets from the system – everything is handled by the operator at ground level. Furthermore, because the sequencer reduces sort time, an operator is free to load multiple trailers over multiple loading bays.
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Because the sequencer uses the whole of the storage cube, less warehouse floor space has to be dedicated to marshaling and pick and drop areas. In turn, this means that more space can be dedicated to storage and other more profitable activities within the warehouse or DC.
Using the sequencer and buffer module, pallet throughput is speeded up significantly as the speed at which operatives can load goods into waiting trailers is notably quicker when compared to conventional storage systems.
In a typical application, it takes less than half the time normally required to load 26 pallets when using the new system. The system sorts and delivers the pallets to the dock which cuts vehicle turnaround time and increases the number of loads that can be processed by each dock every hour.
The software required can interface with any WMS.
RediTechniX commercial manager Tony King says: “The technology is ‘plug and play’ so users start reducing their costs and achieving throughput efficiencies straight away.
“The system increases margins, reduces operating costs and delivers greater return on investment than any comparable system.”
RediTechniX is a member of RediGroup.
