Automatic Storage and Retrieval System

Automatic Storage and Retrieval System
Automatic Storage and Retrieval System

Streamline your storage handling

Drawing on our long experience with paper manufacturing, we have specially designed our Automatic Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) to  help increase your productivity with faster handling capacity and effective warehouse management. It uses fully-automated cranes to help speed up work cycles, reduce roll damage and track inventory. Without the need for forklifts or open aisles, you can optimize your storage space and minimize your labor costs.

Advanced features and customizable options provide you with the flexibility you need for the unique conditions of your existing facility. And our ASRS combined with our Warehouse Management System (WMS) can help you achieve high throughput along with high storage capacity. Automated and expandable, the ASRS is easy to expand to as your business grows. 

Customer story: Metsa Group, Finland

Automated solution elevates delivery process

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“We wanted to increase the efficiency of the pulp logistics chain. Two bridge cranes and the unique grippers from Konecranes are an essential part of loading. In a bioproduct mill as large as ours, the logistics and delivery process, and their operational flow, are vitally important, which is why these grippers and the train wagons have been customized for our product dimensions. “

Kristian Isaksson, Development Manager, Metsä Fibre

 
Automated cranes for train loading
Automated cranes for train loading

Features

The storage and retrieval system is automated and expandable so your mill can do more work with the same number of employees.

  • Overload and overspeed protection, crane motion limits, emergency stops
  • Programmable storage criteria
  • Integrated handling system
  • Storage management software for tracking the location of each roll
  • Motion sensors detect unauthorized entry and stops equipment
  • Data communication and content tailored for plant systems
  • Separate protected areas within normal operating area
  • Manual operation for maintenance

Benefits

Konecranes Automatic Storage and Retrieval System helps you increase productivity with faster handling capacity and effective warehouse management.

  • Better storage handling
  • Faster work cycles
  • Reduced roll damage
  • Tracks down inventory
  • Automated and expandable
  • Lower energy costs and environmental impact
  • Fully automated
  • Reduced labor and capital costs
  • Synchronized access to the automated area with crane operation
  • Enhanced safety with separate protected areas within the normal operating area

Automatic, safe and efficient

Pulp and paper is very well-suited for automation. In critical areas of a mill, automated cranes can help reduce labor costs, optimize storage, track inventory, reduce roll damage, increase productivity, and lower the capital expense of forklifts. Automation already enhances mill safety, productivity and profitability in many locations, and in the future, will be an essential part of every paper mill. Get in touch with our experts using the form below to learn more about our Automatic Storage and Retrieval System.

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