Materials handling challenges
Storing goods in warehouses and distribution centers generates key challenges:
- In the ecommerce era, more and more product lines need to be stored, but space is finite.
- Automation is essential if you’re looking to eliminate operational inefficiencies and increase productivity.
- Manual storage and retrieval – using forklift trucks, for instance – is labor-intensive, time-consuming and prone to costly mistakes
Automated stacker cranes bring speed and efficiency
Travelling automatically along aisles, Körber’s stacker cranes are designed to efficiently handle the storage and retrieval of palletized goods in high-bay warehouses. They are highly efficient when it comes to stacking pallets in high-density storage racking solutions.
Our automated stacker cranes offer much greater capacity, load and height capabilities than manually operated forklifts, for example, and are significantly more accurate, ensuring error-free, smooth, fast and safe storage and retrieval operations.
Controlled by a warehouse management system, Körber stacker cranes can easily be adapted to the specific needs of your warehouse. Our modular stacker cranes can be configured in terms of size, load capacity, building height and cycle times, and can be made suitable for a wide range of applications.
Key benefits
Diverse capabilities
Our range of miniloads and stacker cranes can operate with diverse loads, from 1kg to 5000kg, and can be arranged in single or multiple deep storage configurations. They can reach storage locations up to 50m high and achieve speeds up to 6m/s.
The Körber difference
Körber offers a comprehensive suite of industry-leading stacker cranes, and our experts will work with you to determine the best solution for your exact storage requirements. We pride ourselves on our technology leadership in the supply chain logistics industry, and our in-house R&D department is continually exploring the next generation of state-of-the-art automation.
References
AB InBev Brewery (UK)
AB InBev is the world’s largest beverage and brewery company. Körber delivered a fully automated warehouse management solution to increase storage efficiency and productivity at their UK brewery. Stacker cranes, with double satellite vehicles, handle two pallets at a time to achieve greater levels of throughput.
