Miniload AS/RS
High-density automatic storage for totes and cartons, feeding pick stations directly.
High-density automatic storage for totes and cartons, feeding pick stations directly.
A miniload AS/RS uses a light stacker crane to store and retrieve totes or cartons in a rack aisle and feeds goods-to-person pick stations, removing all walking for pickers. One crane completes over a hundred dual cycles per hour, which suits businesses with many SKUs, small items and high order-line counts.
Typical uses
- Piece picking in e-commerce and retail
- Spare-parts and electronic-component stores
- Pharmaceutical wholesale
- Tool and material buffers for production lines
Key figures
| Rack height | 4–18 m |
|---|---|
| Tote sizes | 600×400 / 400×300 mm; cartons per project |
| Load per tote | ≤ 50 kg (two totes ≤ 100 kg) |
| Load handling | Telescopic forks or clamp-type, single or double deep |
| Travel speed | ≤ 300 m/min |
| Lift speed | ≤ 90 m/min |
| Capacity per crane | 80–150 dual cycles/h |
| Software | WMS + WCS with location and batch management |
Figures are typical configuration ranges; exact specifications are set per project.
Options
- 1–8 goods-to-person stations
- Tote weighing and profile check
- Link to automatic packing lines
- Chilled version (+2 °C to +8 °C)
Scope of supply
- Machine, drives and control cabinet, assembled and dry-run tested before shipping
- The equipment's own control and fleet software; interfaces to your existing WMS / ERP as the project requires
- Drawings: general arrangement, foundation and anchor plan, electrical schematics
- Conformity documents for the equipment and the whole line, the split of responsibilities and the acceptance criteria are set out in the contract according to the project scope
- Spare-parts list and wear-part recommendation; a first batch can ship with the equipment
- Factory acceptance (FAT): attend in person or follow by live video
- Installation, commissioning and operator training can be included in the offer
What we need for an offer
- Number and size of totes, number of SKUs
- Peak order lines per hour
- Floor plan and clear height
- Existing WMS