Automatic order picking
Handling up to a thousand products, containers, or cartons per hour, Qimarox has developed a new automated order picking system, ‘Collect & Sort’.
Handling up to a thousand products, containers, or cartons per hour, Qimarox has developed a new automated order picking system, ‘Collect & Sort’.
A telescopic cantilever racking system that provides high-density storage in a small footprint and allows one-man handling of long materials is now available from Pro-Dek Storage Systems.
Frozen logistics service provider, Yearsley Logistics, has selected Power Automation Systems (PAS) to provide the PowerStor system solution for its new Heywood Facility.
Swisslog’s AutoStore boosts space efficiency at Asda’s Lutterworth IDC providing an advanced storage and picking solution featuring 140 robots.
AR Storage Solutions has achieved OHSAS 18001 certification, renewing its commitment to ensure the safety of all workers and companies helping us in the areas of cleaning, maintenance assembly etc at its production centre in Spain.
A total of 168,000 bins and trays supplied by BITO are used for automated small parts storage at the Porsche central spare parts warehouse in Germany.
Metal storage specialist Kasto unveiled its latest automated product for long stock such as bar and tube at its recent FutureDays event in Germany.
RediTechniX has released a ‘plug and go’ pallet buffer and sequencer module for its RediLogX automated pallet storage and retrieval system.
Logistics consultancy, Davies & Robson, has completed a warehouse systems and process review for leading bathroom, kitchen and appliances supplier, PJH Group (PJH).
Onward Holdings is offering freight forwarding companies a rent free period for its two modern, purpose built distribution centres located in West Yorkshire, near Wakefield.
Guidance demonstrations of the latest innovations in picking, storage and materials handling systems can be viewed on BITO’s own YouTube channel.
Key speakers at SEMA’s annual Health & Safety Conference on 1st November included the HSE and the safety, health and environment manager from a UK retail giant. ASDA’s Neil Sheehan focussed on ‘Choosing a supplier on the basis of safety’ and such professional endorsement of SEMA’s safety standards couldn’t have come at a more critical time.
Safety in the workplace is imperative and it pays to plan ahead, says Scott Brown, SEMA Approved Rack Inspector at CSI Group.
Choosing the right combination of warehouse, racking, and forklift truck while keeping costs low is not easy.
Following the successful fulfilment and delivery of $35,000 of plastic tote containers to Ethiopia on behalf of an international aid agency, Lincolnshire based Raxel Storage Systems tendered for a major adjustable pallet racking project worth £1.1 million.
Plastic bins offer clear advantages over wire baskets as well as a tremendous savings potential for manufacturers, writes Edward Hutchison, managing director of BITO Storage Solutions.
Industore installs two Hanel lifts for Benham BMW saving space, boosting parts traceability, and allowing the firm to hold less stock.
When German cloth mill Mehler invested in a central, automated high-bay warehouse, sensors from Leuze electronic played a key role.
Knights of Old consolidated its warehousing facilities to one central location and called on Link 51 to create a bespoke pallet racking system.