
A warehouse of a 3PL company with a capacity for more than 3,000 pallets
Racks with the semi-automatic Pallet Shuttle System in Logistic Net’s 3PL warehouse
Part of the BAS Group, Logistic Net provides skilled management, storage and handling of products for third-party customers. Opened in 2006, one of the main competitive edges of this logistics operator is its speed and efficiency in order prep, meeting the agreed-upon deadlines and delivery methods for customers.
With this in mind and in order to expand the capacity of company’s warehouse –located in the Veneto region– Logistic Net asked for Mecalux’s collaboration to install a storage-boosting system that would streamline the inflows and outflow of goods from the racks.
Mecalux set up a block of 9 m tall, high-density racks with four, 20 m deep levels that are operated by the semi-automatic Pallet Shuttle system. This solution is a perfect fit for logistics operators, like Logistic Net, that work with high pallet volumes per SKU and need fast-paced loading and unloading.
The semi-automatic Pallet Shuttle is a high-density storage system that provides smooth, simple operations. It requires little operator involvement, since it is the automatic shuttle that carries out the movements inside the racking channels.
To operate the device, the workers insert the Pallet Shuttle into the corresponding channel and set the pallet in the first racking position. Next, the motorised shuttle shifts it automatically to the first open location inside the channel. The reverse operation is performed to unload the goods.
The facility has reserve batteries so that operations are never interrupted. You can load a piece of equipment while the Pallet Shuttle continues to operate in the assigned channels. Batteries extracted from the shuttles are connected by just fitting them into the charging stations set up in the warehouse.
The workers send orders to the Pallet Shuttle via Wi-Fi connected tablets that carry out various functions like channel loading and unloading, stored pallet recounts, authorising shuttle users or locating these shuttles through an acoustic and light signal.
Each tablet can interact with any of the four shuttles working in the Logistic Net warehouse, as long as it meets standard operations procedures.
Logistic Net’s warehouse | |
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Storage capacity: | +3,000 pallets |
Pallet sizes: | 800 x 1,200 mm / 1,000 x 1,200 mm |
Max. pallet weight: | 1,000 kg |
Racking height: | 9 m |
Channel depth: | 20.4 m |
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