Home Furnishings Retailer Adds AS/RS with Flexibility to Handle Euro and Custom Pallets

With a new automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS), this home furnishings distributor has the capability to store over 81,000 pallets. Sizes include Euro (800 x 1200 mm) and customized (800 x 200 mm) pallets. The storage and retrieval machines handle 30 pallets per hour. This provides an overall system throughput in excess of 400 pallets per hour in and out. Along with lift trucks, bar coding and a visualization software package, The entire system provides an extremely efficient and controlled operation.