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Energy chain systems in storage and retrieval units

50 % less assembly time for the energy supply system

Description of application

viapal storage and retrieval unit
  • System: "viapal" mobile racking system
  • Industry: Material flow
  • Customer requirements:
    • Operational safety
    • Noise reduction
    • Save material costs
  • Solution from igus®: E2/000 series, guidelok slimline (SL) and harnessing readychain®

The high-performance "viapal" storage and retrieval unit from viastore systems, Stuttgart, can handle Euro pallets weighing up to 2,000 kg. The unit is 43 metres high and can accelerate up to 0.5 m/s2 and travel at speeds of up to 4 m/s. The lifting acceleration is up to 1.5 m/s2 and the stroke speed up to 1.33 m/s.

The company was founded in 1988 within the C. Haushahn Group, but has been active in warehouse technology since 1970. With around 350 employees, viastore is one of the leading international suppliers of turnkey material handling systems for industry and trade. These include order picking systems, high-bay warehouses, automated small parts warehouses and complex distribution and logistics centres. The company plans and implements new systems as well as modernising existing ones and adapting them to current technologies and changing processes.

Customer requirements:

According to viastore, investing in an automated pallet warehouse (APL) has many advantages for the customer. It not only makes their own production processes more efficient and safer. Above all, throughput, transparency and thus profitability increase. A high level of transparency means that warehouse stocks can be flexibly adapted to the actual needs of a company. At the heart of every APL are the SRMs, which ensure fast and flexible warehouse logistics. They must function absolutely reliably at all times, guarantee high availability and be easy to operate.

In vertical energy chain applications, the masts are getting higher and higher, the travel distances longer and longer, and all this at high speeds and rapid accelerations. It can quickly happen that the energy chain swings out to the side, for example in the direction of the racking structure, especially during heavy lateral acceleration. If it then also hits metal beams or pallets, the chain is bound to break under such dynamic conditions.

igus solutions:

Energy supply systems from the E2/000 series are currently proving their functional reliability in the storage specialist's SRMs. They are openable along the inner radius. This is particularly advantageous when servicing is required, as a defective cable can be replaced extremely quickly. The variable interior separation, a long service life thanks to high mechanical stability, quiet running, a wide range of mounting options and easy and versatile installation are further plus points.

With guidelok slimline (SL), the energy chain always stays safely on track at mast and tower heights of 40 metres and more. Sven Wehrle, viastore: "We are convinced by the new system. It is now used in all of our stacker cranes. We have calculated that it will save us around 50 % in assembly time for the energy supply." This is why guidelok slimline is not only used in new systems, but also in retrofits.

To increase efficiency and improve the technology, pre-assembled energy supply systems are also used in the RGBs.

Products used

Series E2/000

Series E2/000
openable along the inner radius. Defective cables can be replaced quickly. Long service life due to high mechanical stability

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Series E2/000

guidelok slimline (SL)
Especially for narrow aisles. Guide energy supply systems safely even at very high speeds.

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Pre-assembled energy supply systems

Pre-assembled energy supply systems
Save up to 95 % assembly time, reduce production costs.

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What our customers say
"We have been working together as partners for more than 15 years. For example, viastore has been using pre-assembled energy supply systems for years, which are delivered directly to the machine on time. They are then simply assembled there", reports Wehrle.

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I look forward to answering your questions

Christian Strauch
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