New energy: batteries and solar panels
Battery and solar panel plants move trays, totes and heavy pallets between processes at a fixed takt, often in clean or controlled areas, and store finished goods that are heavy or fragile. These are the usual internal flows and the equipment to look at; fire protection for battery storage is designed by your fire consultant.
Typical tasks
- Moving trays of cells and modules between processes
- Buffering work in progress between production steps
- Storing heavy battery packs or pallets of solar panels
- Shipping finished goods
What to send us: Products and carriers (trays, totes, pallets) with weights, takt and material flows, the layout with clear heights and clean or controlled areas, and the fire-protection concept from your fire consultant if there is one.
Common questions
How is fire protection handled where batteries are stored?
The fire-protection concept for battery storage (sprinklers, compartments, monitoring and so on) is designed by your fire consultant to local regulations and submitted for approval; it is not in our scope of supply. Fire or explosion-proof configurations of the equipment itself are those listed as options on the product pages, confirmed per project. Whether the layout can leave the space and interfaces the concept requires is assessed per project.
Is explosion-proof or clean-room equipment needed?
That follows from your own safety and process assessment. Some product pages list explosion-proof or clean-room versions as options, for example the under-ride lifting AGV; whether a model meets your requirement is confirmed per project.
What moves cells, modules and packs?
Trays and totes are usually moved by roller conveyors or tote-handling AMRs; heavier modules and packs by under-ride lifting AGVs, rail-guided vehicles or pallet conveyors. The choice depends on weight, takt and distance.
Other industries
- Parcel, e-commerce and retail distribution
- Food, beverage and FMCG
- Plastics and home appliance manufacturing
- Cold chain and cold storage
- Pharmaceutical distribution and warehousing
- Chemicals
- Automotive parts
- Apparel and footwear
- Third-party logistics (3PL)
- Spare parts and MRO distribution
- Common tasks across industries
Not sure where your project fits?
Send us a layout, your volumes and what moves through the site. We suggest the modules and calculate the throughput.