A LOT OF STORAGE IN A SMALL SPACE

The innovative compact container warehouse impressed the volume importer of fasteners from Gronau in Westphalia with its unique space utilisation, maximum flexibility, high performance and simple physical and digital integration into the existing warehouse. On a floorspace of just 480 square metres, the Fastbolt compact warehouse offers space for more than 18,000 small parts containers with a load capacity of up to 50 kilograms each. Thanks to this particularly high storage density, Fastbolt can easily integrate the Jungheinrich PowerCube into its existing warehouse, including the existing fire protection concept.

"By converting our small parts storage from high-bay pallet racking to the PowerCube, we are optimising the use of our storage space and at the same time significantly increasing the efficiency of our picking processes," says Ekkehard Beermann, Managing Director at Fastbolt Schraubengroßhandels GmbH.

Five special PowerCube shuttles ensure the fast loading and unloading of small parts containers in Fastbolt's compact container warehouse. At speeds of up to 4 m/s, the shuttles can simultaneously transport two containers, each with a 50 kilograms load, to three workstations. The shuttles' lithium-ion batteries are temporarily charged during operation at the respective workstations, with the current collectors located on the shuttle and the charging contacts on the racking system. Since the shuttles move fully automatically under the PowerCube racking, the Jungheinrich compact container warehouse offers the decisive advantage over other systems that the warehouse can be flexibly constructed upwards and also adapted to individual roof shapes.

Thanks to the scalable number of shuttles, the throughput of the Jungheinrich PowerCube can be adjusted as needed when demand increases or the product range expands. By adding any number of container shafts, the capacity of the system can also be easily expanded and adapted to future growth.