Layer picker stores more in less space

Staff -- Logistics Management, 3/1/2005

An automatic layer-picking system provides an industry first: the ability to store and retrieve layers of cases in a multiple, deep configuration without needing a slave pallet to store and move unit loads at the layer level. Storing and retrieving layers from one to 12 deep, the system allows warehouses and distribution centers to store more products in less space.

Coupled with the layer-picking system is a robot that de-palletizes and re-palletizes layers. When a pallet load is presented to the robot, it is automatically de-palletized in layers; each layer is then conveyed to the layer-picking system for storage. As orders are filled, the layer-picking system retrieves layers and the robot stacks them in the correct order to create a mixed pallet. This allows layers to be automatically replenished to a pick aisle for case/piece picking.

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