Case Studies

166) High Speed VRC for Disney Gift Shop

Disney was in the process of updating its inventory storage and retrieval system behind the scenes of its gift shop to better automate the movement of inventory from below-ground storage ...

167) Valet-Operated Parking Lift

A repair shop owner wanted to expand the business but was limited in square footage at the ground level in the downtown area of his city. He owned the 3- story commercial building he ...

168) Vertical Lifts for Aircraft Parts

A major aircraft manufacturer was expanding production facilities and seeking a way to better utilize valuable floor space by going vertical – installing mezzanines throughout to provide ...

169) Dock Equipment Marries Safety and Sustainability

A leading global provider of commercial cleaning and hygiene products wanted to acquire LEED® Certification for their 550,000 sq. ft. distribution center. The facility set up the ...

170) Konecranes ASRS Crane Facilitates Enzyme Blending and Storage for Biofuel Manufacturers

A leading bio-innovation company built a new indoor storage warehouse to receive and blend enzyme products. Konecranes implemented a crane-based automated storage and recovery system. ...

171) Dual Load Handling Automatic Guided Vehicle Reduces Costs and Improves Efficiency

The Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) system was installed at a major food manufacturer in New South Wales Australia. The 6 vehicle fleet automates movement of palletized finished product ...

172) VALVE MANUFACTURER USES VLMs TO ELIMINATE BRICK AND MORTAR EXPANSION

A valve manufacturer was faced with the need to consolidate two facilities into one, including inventory used in operations. “Why don’t we take advantage of unused overhead space by ...

173) Automatic Guided Vehicles Optimize Uptime and Maintainability

A newsprint facility uses an automatic guided vehicle system consisting of 14 wire guided fork styled vehicles to move rolls from strip station to press or roll storage. They also handle ...

174) Automation Optimizes Pharmaceutical Production Facility

An automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS) provides for efficient handling of production and packaging materials for a pharmaceutical site’s Work-In-Process (WIP) requirements. There ...

175) Warehouse Operations Streamlined with use of Automatic Guided Vehicles

Flexibility and reliability were critical components in building one of Europe’s most modern corrugated board production plants. The use of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) provided ...

176) SPANCO Gantry Crane Provides Secure Unloading of Steel Bundles From Flatbeds

A housing material supplier receives daily shipments of steel bundles. The bundles arrive on flatbed truck that are backed into a large warehouse and unloaded. Shipments can range from ...

177) Steel Service Center Uses Stacker Crane To Improve Shipping Performance

With a working force of only 5 warehouse people, Coutinho, Caro & Company Incorporated handles 10,000 tons of steel per month at its Compton, California warehouse. As many as 65 delivery ...

178) MWL Requires Hydraulic Dock Leveler For Demanding Dock Conditions

The VH Series is designed, engineered and constructed using the heaviest structural steel support members for the most demanding dock conditions. It uses a proprietary hydraulic system ...

179) Bascule Bridge Provides Safe Passage

America A bascule bridge permits safe crossing of railroad spurs and serves as a convenient connection between buildings. This is exactly what a distributor of pet care products needed ...

180) Dock Leveler Inspection Plate Reduces Air Flow in Food Facilities during Scheduled Maintenance

Dozens of Fortune 500 companies have saved thousands of dollars in energy costs while reducing the possibility of insect or rodent infiltration by specifying a maintenance inspection ...