Direct delivery
An automated pallet conveying system designed and installed by Gebhardt-ECS for one of Europe’s biggest paint manufacturers is enabling up to 100 loads an hour to be delivered directly from production to specific storage areas in a separate warehouse without intermediate handling.
The layout of the site, with a service road separating production from warehousing, had presented major logistical problems in the past, and pallets had to be handled several times before being put away in the warehouse. With over 50 pallet-loads of paint an hour being manufactured currently and expansion planned in the future, the company decided to automate the transfer from production area to warehouse.
Instead of being loaded by lift truck on to a trailer and then driven to the warehousing for off-loading and put-away, pallets are now carried from production to one of five specified storage areas within the warehouse without further handling until they reach their take-off points.
