Efficient layer picking is the future of warehousing. Getting goods off the pallets and sorted is the bottleneck in most warehouses and it is only getting worse.
Across the world we see labor shortages and rising labor costs combined with a need for more speed, efficiency and warehouse capacity. It is a down-ward spiral. If you can even find labor, chances are that one day they will not show up when the warehouse down the road offers to pay a few dollars more.
A solution to these challenges is to automate your warehouse or at least the most labor-intensive parts of your operation. Our research and development team engineered a new Mono Gantry Layer Picker that meets all the above-mentioned challenges head on – and even lowers your electricity bill.
The new Mono Gantry does everything our well-known Layer Picker does like handling 98% of all goods in food and retail as well as fragile and odd-shaped products like crisps, yoghurt, and PET bottles. Only, it does it faster and with a lower energy usage.
The true beauty of the new Mono Gantry is that every improvement seems to have at least one additional benefit. For instance, the Layer Picker head is moved back and forth by a technology that resembles that of a magnetic high-speed train. Not only does this magnetic linear servo technology deliver rapid acceleration and stops with pinpoint accuracy; it also means that there are no elastic parts, no gearboxes, and no rubber tires. So, inventing a faster solution led to removing all the parts that require the most maintenance.
The magnetic drive also allows the Mono Gantry to capture and reuse kinetic energy. So, if you are looking for a more climate friendly solution or just want to cut your electricity bill, this is another added benefit that can save you as much as 13,000 kWh annually compared to previous models.
Of course, the true benefits concern your efficiency. One Mono Gantry can handle up to 220 multilayer picks per hour. You need a lot of labor to lift that many products off your pallets. Why not solve this tedious hard work with automation and let your workers benefit from healthier operations?
As it is a Mono Gantry it does not require much space. And with its modular build and approach it is the most efficient and scalable solution when combining with AMRs to feed and fetch the pallets.
Combining the Mono Gantry with AMRs can make you turn a classic bottleneck operation into a zone buzzing with activity and raise your capacity while lowering operational costs and removing concerns about labor.
Our newly released Mono Gantry Layer Picker 2.0 is not just a piece of equipment. It is a solution that can make the world of a difference in your warehouse and an example of how to turn entrepreneurial thinking into customer success.
