The latest solutions for optimizing warehouse logistics management include automatic vertical storage systems with movable carriers that combine automation and “goods-to-person” picking systems.
In addition to the space advantage, as they enable goods to be stored above the height of the warehouse, the automatic vertical storage systems reduce picking times, as the operator is not forced to travel long distances within the warehouse, thus accelerating the process of retrieving the goods .
These bearings are structures developed in height, consisting of internal beams, the number of which can vary as required, and are arranged on two frame stands. In between there is a motor-driven extractor that transports the carriers from their "rest position" to the loading level or into the area of the warehouse that is accessible to the operator, where the storage and retrieval processes of the material from and into the Carrier takes place.
Let's see how the automated vertical storage systems with girders improve picking:
In the case of automatic storage systems with carriers, the time required to retrieve an item is drastically reduced, as the goods are immediately accessible and available at a single retrieval point and the operator no longer has to move to get the various items in the warehouse, but instead is in the carrier in the removal of the carrier according to the "goods-to-person" criterion.
Within the warehouse, goods of very different sizes in terms of weight and volume can be stored, and thanks to the automatic loading height management, the warehouse is able to manage the distance between the carriers completely autonomously in order to save as much space as possible. This allows everything to be centralized in a single point, unlike the traditional shelves, which are managed manually and on which the goods must be stored in a planned manner in accordance with load limits, which are well below the limits of the new technologies.
The removal can be positioned at different heights, on several levels or even in opposite directions and can be supplemented by bridge cranes or mechanical manipulator cranes for lifting heavy goods.
Optimizing picking times also means eliminating errors that occur when picking goods and preparing orders. Thanks to the Vertical Lift Module (VLM), this is possible as the removal processes are carried out by the program linked to the warehouse. In other words: select the item to be removed via the graphic interface on the removal side. When the carrier reaches the pick, the graphic display appears on the screen with specific information about the bin to be retrieved. Everything is automatically registered in the database. It is possible to equip the warehouse with accessories to further facilitate these operations, such as: LED bar and laser pointer.
The quantity, the code, the description of the items to be removed and their position can be displayed via the LED bar. Instead, the laser pointer uses a two-coordinate system, X and Y, to indicate the exact compartment from which to take the material through the intersection of a holographic line and a pointer.
Choose the vertical storage systems with carriers with double removal for storage and retrieval. This gives you two levels, one above the other, for picking.
At one and the same point you can remove an article from the carrier on the first level, while a second carrier is automatically transported for removal in the meantime and is ready as soon as you have finished with the first. The operator doesn't have to wait.
A warehouse of this type with double picking makes it possible to optimize picking by reducing the dead time between one picking process and the next.
