The software solution, which seamlessly integrates with a wide variety of warehouse management systems, is unique because it's highly configurable, aligning with a company's specific operations and priorities.
The facility features a UL508A/698A certified panel shop, along with dedicated spaces for team collaboration, client meetings, training classes, and materials storage.
Designed for versatility, the Logic Pallet supports high-density, aisleless storage in order to deliver up to 3 times the storage capacity of traditional warehouse configurations.
The CDS is designed to de-stack both RPC and cardboard cases of all standard sizes in either orientation on the same machine, utilizing quick change tooling and a recipe driven control system.
Performed by the Virginia Tech Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design, the FasTrack life-cycle analysis uses a multistep handling sequence to simulate rough handling of palletized unit loads.
The need for speed has never been greater along the cold chain, as last-mile demands dictated by the continued rise of e-commerce has added to an already breakneck pace spurred by record sales and increased traffic for cold foods over the past 18 months. Somewhere amid the rush to build new distribution hubs and cold storage spaces is the ubiquitous and often overlooked pallet. Without it, few of the products expedited to market would reach their destinations on time.
The new operation primarily supports a customer whose products are housed in both the automated and conventional storage areas for both full-pallet and case-pick load preparation.
July 11, 2019
United States Cold Storage (USCS), Camden, N.J., opened a 5.1 million-cubic-foot freezer addition at its warehouse in Lebanon, Ind.
The goal is to incorporate Microban’s antimicrobial technology inhibit the growth of bacteria on pallet surfaces.
June 6, 2019
Lightning Technologies, Oxford, Mich., entered into a long-term, exclusive partnership with Microban International, a Huntersville, N.C.-based provider of antimicrobial and odor control technologies, to incorporate Microban’s antimicrobial technology inhibit the growth of bacteria on pallet surfaces.
Using a combination of vision sensors and deep learning software, Kinema Systems’ Pick technology works with commercial robotic arms to move boxes from pallets to conveyors or to build stacks of boxes on pallets.
April 5, 2019
Boston Dynamics, Waltham, Mass., acquired Kinema Systems, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of industrial robotic arms.