SHELL TAKES STACKER CRANE ON RACK CLAD EXTENSION
Shell Lubricants, a global leader in the production and distribution of lubricants and greases, took on Hubmaster for a 6,500ft2
rack-clad
extension to a warehouse in Spain. Shell needed a warehouse solution that could handle a large
volume of products directly from the production line, including more associated with manual inventory management. clad building, in which the racks constitute the walls and support the exterior cladding. The solution featured a single-aisle Hubmaster stacker crane to access the racks that form the walls. These go up to are push-back racks and the system is fully automatic.
The system includes the management of existing automated production lines to the conveyors at the infeed positions of the automatic warehouse. The HMWare WCS software by Hubmaster is a customised solution for warehouse management to integrate with the existing production and transport systems, including AGVs and conveyors. The HMWare system was adapted to manage storage in an old legacy warehouse as well. Hubmaster provided a complete turnkey solution for warehouse
automation, including the design and construction. The entire system was designed with a focus on safety, including the use of advanced sensors to prevent collisions and ensure worker safety. The system storage capacity and streamlining inventory management.
storage and retrieval system (ASRS) or something in between such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs). There are many permutations of these, each with its benefits, limitations, and costs which need to be weighed. “Mainstream counterbalance or reach
trucks for example, can only move forward or backwards, so require wide aisle widths as well as large areas to be put aside for manoeuvring,” says McVicar.
“Using more manoeuvrable forklifts such as multidirectional or articulated models enables aisle widths to be narrowed down, increasing the number of aisles and consequently storage bays and or pallet spaces. “As the name implies, very narrow aisle (VNA) truck are designed to work in extremely narrow aisles and high bay racking and can lift to heights of around 18m. Combilift’s Aisle Master range of
articulated trucks can lift to 15m and have the added advantage over traditional VNA trucks of being much more versatile for indoor and outdoor operation,” says McVicar. Stacker cranes are another option for taking height even further, in similarly compact layouts. For example, Lidia Fitsova, business development and marketing manager of Hubmaster North America, explains that its typical solutions
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