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Equipment Manufacturing
Weishun Coal Mining Machinery
Automated Storage and Kitting for Custom Assembly Parts
Founded in 1971
- Increase in storage volume
- 50%
- Reduction in staffing
- 5people
- Increase in peak labor productivity
- 100%
The challenge
Kitting large and small assembly parts
Custom equipment assembly requires coordinated storage and preparation of large components and approximately 5,000 types of small parts.
The solution
Coordinated pallet and tote storage
Pallet and tote systems work together with automated storage, retrieval and put-to-order sorting to prepare complete assembly kits.
Project configuration
- Storage equipment
- 2 pallet stacker cranes and 2 tote stacker cranes
- Storage capacity
- 990 pallet positions and 4,000 tote positions
- Workstations and integration
- 1 pallet workstation and 1 tote workstation; ERP and MES integration
- Expandable tote capacity
- Up to 16,000 positions through compartmentalization
