Pallets, Wire Mesh Boxes, and Large Load Carriers

Automatic transport and packaging system for large packages as a link between production and dispatch at ebm-papst's assembly plant in Mulfingen-Hollenbach. One pallet is packed and prepared for dispatch every minute. Several packaging machines are directly integrated in the system. The conveyor technology consists of apron conveyors and therefore offers a high degree of flexibility in terms of the load handling units used.

In the Reisser logistics centre, a pallet conveyor system with integrated vertical conveyor interconnects different levels of the building. Each floor has conveyor sections for feeding and removing pallets to and from the pallet lift. The employees can directly load or unload the pallets with a hand pallet truck. The standardised PLC control system allows fast commissioning as well as smooth operation.

At Bosch Tiernahrung, pallets of pet food are stored in a horizontal live storage system, which is filled on one side by a transverse carriage directly from production. On the other side, the conveyance goods are transferred from a storage and retrieval machine to the corresponding retrieval lanes for dispatch systems. A connected automated guided vehicle system serves another warehouse system for the intermediate storage of pallets.

The centrepiece of Miele's central spare parts warehouse is an automatic miniload warehouse. An extensive network of pallet conveyor systems is also used, however. It connects the various sources and sinks in the large load carrier process. Transfer stations to forklift trucks are just as much a part of the system as the empty pallet storage and contour and weight checks.

When production or distribution locations are expanded, it is often necessary to connect the material flows of several buildings. If the buildings are separated by roads for transport logistics or as a fire brigade bypass, then conveyor technology bridges or belt bridges are very often used. These can be fitted with one or two conveyor lines, depending on whether the material flow is only intended in one direction or bidirectional.

The assembly stage in a mechanical engineering production environment is supplied by an automated pallet warehouse. A storage and retrieval machine is used, which stores pallets with stacking frames at a high storage density. A pallet shuttle system stores box pallets and pallets with higher loads with a high turnover rate. Both systems supply connected picking workstations that are ergonomically designed.

The increasing production had made it necessary to expand the logistics centre for the Ostfriesische Tee Gesellschaft's (OTG) Lager- und Frachtkontor Süd (OLF Süd). GEBHARDT handled this task and implemented a state-of-the-art logistics centre for OTG in Grettstadt, Bavaria. The high-bay warehouse has a total height of 19.8 m, consists of three rack aisles, with double-deep storage and a total capacity of 6,300 pallet spaces. In addition to a connected order picking system, the warehouse also supplies the shipping department.

A fully automated, 6-aisle pallet warehouse was built for karldischinger. It receives incoming goods from the production of a manufacturing plant that is located further away. The warehouse offers double-deep storage. The warehouse consequently serves as an external logistics location operated by karldischinger in its capacity as a logistics service provider. The pallets are retrieved as required, loaded onto trucks and transported to their destination.