DB Schenker says its new contract logistics warehouse in Rudna, Czech Republic is “driving effectivity, high quality, and velocity within the provide chain”.

With the brand new web site, the logistics supplier combines personalized logistics options with automation and robotization to rework operations inside the warehouse.

Greater than 100 autonomous cellular robots (AMR), seven packing strains with 162 stations, a vertical order picker and an automatic sorter are efficiently deployed.

Niklas Wilmking, member of the administration board for contract logistics, DB Schenker: “DB Schenker gives a wonderful setting for innovation, expertise, and extremely certified staff.

“By deploying automation and robotization, we’ve got been in a position to optimize processes. This ensures notably quick and punctual dealing with and on the similar time creates higher circumstances for workers.

“After only a few weeks of operation, we had been in a position to obtain a major throughput for our buyer from the electronics sector.”

Following a profitable pilot section, round 650 staff on the web site shall be supported of their work by automated expertise.

The robots are utilized in direct collaboration to alleviate operators of heavy bodily or monotonous duties in addition to to make processes extra environment friendly and productive.

The autonomous robots are managed by software program that information all shelf places and the placement of all items.

The robotic closest to a shelf picks up the shelf and takes it to the specified choosing station. The operator makes use of the pick-to-light system to take away the required amount of products from the shelf.

After eradicating the products from the shelf offered by the autonomous cellular robotic, the operator locations the field with the products on the conveyor belt, which transports them to the subsequent work station for additional processing, consolidation or packaging.

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