Ideally located on the outskirts of Algiers, Palmary is Algeria’s leading biscuit and chocolate manufacturer. This fast-growing company needed to increase its storage capacity and reduce the time taken to process incoming and outgoing goods.
Palmary’s Logistics Director, explains that
Shuttle pallet racking is an ideal solution for handling this volume of work and the need to store more. It is a system capable of minimizing operator maneuvers and speeding up the entry and exit of pallets. Operators do not enter the channels to handle the goods; the shuttle does this automatically.
The Palette Shuttle system is very simple to operate. Using reach trucks, the operators insert the electric shuttle into the corresponding channel. They then place the pallets in the first position on the shelves and the shuttle moves them to the next free position in the channel. The same operation is carried out in the opposite direction to remove the goods. In this way, we can store a huge number of pallets in the same place.
WRS equipped the Palmary warehouse with a bespoke system, the installation consisting of two shelving blocks 50 m long and around 15 m high the deepest channels accommodating up to 58 pallets on seven storage levels and a block for distribution close to the docks. Combining pallet racking with accumulation racking, the semi-automatic Shuttle operates with the FIFO (first in, first out) system for mass storage and with the LIFO (last in, first out) system for preparation and distribution.
Palmary is a company with a large volume of pallets per reference, generating numerous loading and unloading operations. With the Palette Shuttle, it’s the load that moves to the operator, optimizing movements and increasing warehouse performance. A locking system with electromagnet, located under the shuttle, secures the forks and enables it to be handled in complete safety.
Unloading can be carried out individually or continuously, with the option of selecting the entire channel or a specific number of pallets. The system has options for compacting pallets at the infeed or at the rear. It can also take an inventory of the pallets in the channel.
A positioning camera makes it easy to handle and centre the Pallet Shuttle in the channel. Extremely useful in high-rise installations. A sound and light signal locates the selected shuttle.
The Pallet Shuttle can operate continuously for up to 10 hours thanks to its lithium batteries, which can be quickly and safely replaced. The result: a total capacity of 7,868 pallets.
With the shuttle, the company has considerably reduced the time taken to process incoming and outgoing goods.
This storage system also improves the organization of the 150 references (each channel corresponds to a different article).
Thanks to the design and provision of this solution, which is 100% adapted to its storage optimisation needs, WRS has helped Palmary to take an important step in its growth, enabling it to guarantee an optimized logistics service and meet the growing demands of its customers.
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