Schuh speeds up order picking
Astec Conveyors designed and manufactured a ‘pick to belt’ conveying system for footware retailer Schuh.
The system was designed to speed up order picking, increase staff productivity and reduce picking cage congestion by enabling the staff to pick & place products directly onto a conveyor belt for transfer to an existing automated sortation system.
Individual shoe boxes are placed onto one of three 50 metre heavy duty conveyors running the full length of a mezzanine floor at right angles to the racking and walkways in order to enable the fastest and most efficient batch picking process. As access to stairways and fire exits had to be maintained at all times the system was designed with two sections of inclined/declined belt conveyors.
Astec introduced a zero line pressure, high speed system to merge two of the belt conveyor lanes, creating slugs of products prior to merging. Completed orders are then conveyed down to an existing ground floor sortation system.
Astec Conveyors successfully installed and commissioned the system, including controls, on time and within budget and without any compromise to existing operations.
