CEMAT 2014 PREVIEW ROBOTIC HANDLING
Visitors will get a taste of the startling efficiency and speed at which robots can handle a variety of goods. Cimcorp will demonstrate how its gantry robot technology – proven within car tyre factories and postal sorting centres – is now proving its worth in food retail and e-commerce warehouses. Centre stage on the stand of the
Finnish robotics specialist will be Cimcorp 3D Shuttle, the innovative goods-to-person picking solution. The simple addition of a shuttle device to an overhead gantry has made Cimcorp's robotic technology suitable for the storage and retrieval of totes required for order picking, opening up the burgeoning grocery and e-commerce sectors to the enormous potential of robotic handling. With the robot placing retrieved
totes on the shuttle for transfer along the gantry to the outfeed conveyor and then the picking stations, the robot can move directly to its next task. In fact, with one third fewer robotic movements than a conventional overhead gantry system, Cimcorp 3D Shuttle allows a massive 80% of system time to be dedicated to the task of feeding totes to the picking staff, enabling Cimcorp 3D Shuttle to make order picking six times more efficient than a manual solution. "Rapid handling combined with ergonomic order picking means that clients can fulfil a greater number of orders per shift with precise sequencing of totes ensuring fulfilment accuracy," says marketing manager Paula Ovaskainen. “Unlike other automated picking systems Cimcorp 3D Shuttle needs no racking.”
Cimcorp
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Hall 27 Stand G23 Enter 311
AUTOMATED SORTATION The spotlight will fall on SDI’s latest automated handling
technologies. Its recently launched and highly innovative
hanging pouch sortation system MonaLisa allows sortation of both hanging items and flat goods simultaneously, making it suitable for multichannel fashion retailers wishing to combine several elements of an order. High speed sets the flexible sorting system apart, allowing the user to send out both picked and returned product later in the picking window. The TTU (Tight-Turn Unit) has recently had a complete
redesign, enabling it to be easily maintained by utilising a friction drive, thus removing the outdated chain and sprocket drive. Sorting up to 8000 items per hour, the unit provides high speed, bomb bay/split tray sortation but can also use trays should RFID technology be required. Developed as a sortation solution for fragile products and lower speeds, the PTU (Push Tray Unit) can handle a broad array of types and sizes of products at the same time - textile apparel, accessories, shoes, books, jewellery, CDs/DVDs and boxes. With 8000 items per hour sortation performance, the unit allows an enhanced, faster and more accurate service to retail clients. “Exhibitions are a vital part of business for us in order to
continuously demonstrate new innovations, keep clients informed of our developments and to hear about their challenges and how our solutions can help them,” comments CEO Gordon Smith.
SDI Hall 27 Stand E25
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LIFT TRUCKS WITH FE BATTERY
BYD Europe says the range of forklift trucks it is launching at CeMAT is set to shake up the market for conventional battery-powered trucks by redefining the performance users can expect from electric materials handling equipment. The line-up of three counterbalanced forklift trucks and a powered pallet truck incorporate BYD’s lithium-iron phosphate batteries (Fe battery) which require significantly less time and energy to charge than traditional lead-acid batteries and far cleaner and safer than alternative lithium-ion (Li-ion) power options. The use of the BYD lithium iron
CEMAT HANNOVER 19-23 MAY 2014
Cummins will focus on near-zero emissions engines, displaying a power lineup stretching from 37 kW to 382 kW (49 to 512 hp). Included will be the new QSF2.8, QSF3.8 and QSG12 engines, shown at CeMAT for the first time. All engines are suitable for a variety of
material-handling applications while meeting stringent EU and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions regulations. The latest-generation engines provide the
ability to transform machine performance not just with ultra-clean operation but with faster cycle times for increased productivity and reduced fuel use for lower operating costs. Cummins latest products deliver Technology That Transforms through the ability to design, manufacture and integrate all of the key enabling technologies as a single system. This
includes the broadest portfolio of engines, turbocharging, filtration and exhaust aftertreatment systems available in the industry. Achieving innovative, dependable technology is realised by leveraging Cummins experience in emission technologies. More than 500,000 engines are in service to
date already meeting near-zero emissions regulations across North America and Europe. That experience coupled with engine field- testing carried out across a variety of material handling machines including forklifts, telehandlers, terminal tractors and cranes, has enabled proven technology to be introduced at the start of production.
Cummins
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phosphate Fe battery extends total battery life to the point where users never need to replace their truck’s original battery. It does away with the need for battery maintenance, avoids the emissions associated with traditional battery charging and removes the expense of buying and maintaining spare batteries and the time, trouble and handling equipment involved in battery changing.
BYD Hall 25 Stand C22
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