Integrating Automation And Pallet Racks? Follow These Design Recommendations For ...
As anyone who attended MHI’s MODEX 2024 this past March can attest, warehouses, distribution centers, and fulfillment operations increasingly incorporate automated equipment. Many also utilize industrial steel storage rack within their facilities. Depending on the application, automation and pallet racks ...
Safeguard Personnel On An Industrial Work Platform With Protective Guarding, ...
Whether it’s called an industrial work platform, mezzanine, pick module, or rack supported platform, an additional level (or multiple levels) increases an operation’s usable space. It can also, however, increase an employee’s risk of injury due to a fall. Fortunately, ...
Safeguard Personnel On An Industrial Work Platform With Protective Guarding, ...
With the addition of an industrial work platform, an operation can gain valuable square footage without expanding the building’s footprint. However, associates accessing and working on these elevated areas are at an increased risk of injury from falls. Therefore, protective ...
Key Takeaways From RMI’s MODEX 2024 Pallet Racking And Automation ...
While most warehousing and distribution facilities have industrial steel storage rack systems, far fewer have automated equipment. However, as workforce availability continues to be a challenge, operations are increasingly assessing automated solutions. “Pallet Racking Systems and Design for an Automated ...
Robots and Rack Supported Platform Flooring: Key Factors For Deployment ...
Flexible and versatile, automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) transport loads and help warehouse and distribution center associates fill orders more efficiently. Due to ongoing workforce shortages in the face of growing throughput needs, more facilities are ...
Rack Guarding Protects Personnel and Products From Impacts
Installing industrial steel storage racks in a warehouse or distribution center is a significant investment. Therefore, it makes sense to protect the structure from accidental damage caused by forklifts or other moving equipment. Because impact damage occurs most frequently to ...
March 4 MHI Tech Talk Explores Integrating Racks With Automation
Pallet racking systems are virtually ubiquitous in warehouses, distribution centers, and fulfillment operations worldwide. Automation, on the other hand, is less so. Yet, with the persistent shortage of available workers, more of these facilities are evaluating automated solutions. Prior to ...
Don’t Miss The Latest Rack Safety Solutions At MODEX 2024
Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center will host more than 900 exhibitors at MODEX this year — March 11-14, 2024. That’s a lot of material handling equipment to explore! If you’re specifically looking for new rack safety products, however, be sure ...
How Semi-Automated Pallet Handling Systems Increase Storage Density, Throughput
Nearly every company that stores inventory struggled with supply chain disruptions during the pandemic. Many experienced out-of-stocks and backorders that lasted for months, resulting in unhappy customers. In response, warehouses and distribution centers that previously only held on to a ...
Over-The-Dock Racking: Special Considerations For Busy Loading Zones
When it comes to optimizing space in a warehouse, distribution center, or production facility, safety should always be the top priority. One often overlooked area that can provide a cost-effective solution for the need for additional storage is above the ...