El manejo de materiales es indispensable en la industria, ya que es fundamental para poder optimizar procesos, reducir costos, incrementar la eficiencia y disminuir riesgos.
Recapitulamos los 10 principios básicos del manejo de materiales, fundamentales para reducir costos y aumentar la productividad de la planta industrial desarrollados por Material Handling Institute, que a pesar de haber sido presentados hace más de 20 años, continúan siendo vigentes y es importante considerarlos cuando tengamos un proyecto en puerta
Planeación
Todo el manejo de materiales debe ser el resultado de un plan deliberado en el que se definan por completo todas las necesidades, objetivos de desempeño y especificaciones funcionales de los métodos propuestos.
Estandarización
Métodos, equipos, controles y software deben estandarizarse sin sacrificar la flexibilidad, modularidad y capacidad.
Trabajo
El trabajo debe minimizarse sin sacrificar la productividad ni el nivel de servicio requerido de la operación.
Ergonomía
Deben reconocerse las capacidades y las limitaciones humanas y respetarse al diseñar las tareas para asegurar operaciones seguras y efectivas.
Carga unitaria
Las cargas unitarias deben ser del tamaño adecuado y configurarse de manera que logren el flujo de material y los objetivos de inventarios en cada etapa de la cadena de proveedores.
Utilización del espacio
Debe hacerse uso efectivo y eficiente de todo el espacio disponible.
Sistema
Las actividades de movimiento y almacenaje de materiales deben estar integradas por completo para formar un sistema operativo que abarque recepción, inspección, almacenamiento, producción, ensamble, empaque, unificación, selección de órdenes, envíos, transporte y manejo de reclamaciones.
Automatización
Las operaciones deben mecanizarse y/o automatizarse cuando sea posible con el fin de mejorar la eficiencia operativa, incrementar la capacidad de respuesta, mejorar la consistencia y predictibilidad, y disminuir los costos operativos.
Ambiental
El impacto ambiental y el consumo de energía deben ser criterios a considerar en el momento de diseñar y seleccionar el equipo y los sistemas.
Costo del ciclo de la vida
Un análisis económico exhaustivo debe tomar en cuenta todo el ciclo de la vida del equipo de manejo de materiales y los sistemas que resulten.
Si ponemos atención en cómo ha cambiado la industria en los últimos 20 años, la cantidad de personas que intervienen en cada una de las etapas del proceso es cada día menor con las nuevas tecnologías. Lo importante al implementarlas es no perder de vista los principios básicos del manejo de materiales para poder ganar en: confiabilidad, eficiencia, seguridad, tiempo, trazabilidad, transporte y así generar sistemas de valor agregado en nuestras operaciones.
Mejora tu proceso de manejo de materiales; en Conveyroll tenemos las soluciones que se adaptan a tus metas y necesidades.
Decrease your operating expenses while increasing efficiency
Automated storage and retreival systems will help your company cut expenses by minimizing the amount of unnecessary parts and products in storage, while improving organization of the contents of your warehouse.
Wynright’s Robotic Buffer is an ideal solution for applications where an intermediate buffer is required. Volume imbalance between processes create additional labor costs, and floor space for stagin product comes at a premium. Where other conventional approaches to product buffering are cost or space prohibitive, this offers proven technology in an innovative arrangement.
The shuttle rack is a superfast mini-load AS/RS system used for picking and shipment sorting. The system has a cart positioned on each rack level.
The mini load is a high-speed, high-density buffer that can replace conventional static rack to maximize vertical storage space within a compact footprint. The mini load moves and stores irregularly shaped goods or parts placed in stacking totes, collapsible totes, nesting containers, case/cardboard boxes and bins. The system handles weight up to 662 lbs and the rack height ranges from 10-66 feet.
Wynright’s unit load is a high-density pallet buffer designed to maximize vertical storage space while maintaining a compact footprint. Several models are available to handle pallet loads up to 6,600 lbs, and rack heights up to 131 ft. The unit load can also be used to store long or bulky items, hazardous materials and it is ideal for freezer and low-noise applications. In addition to a standard unit load, a double deep rack configuration is available.
Increase efficiency and accuracy like a pro.
Our picking solutions are designed to increase efficiency and accuracy. We offer voice and light directed solutions, as well as our patented HYBRID solution, which combines the benefits of both voice and light directed technologies.
CAPS Pick-to-Light:
Providing outstanding efficiencies in a variety of warehouse and distribution center applications, the Pick-to-Light system is the ideal system for order fulfillment in fast, full and split picking operations.
CAPS Put-to-Light:
These versatile systems are easily configured to allow a SKU to be distributed across multiple stores, departments or orders.
CAPS Mobile Cart:
This system uses technology to create a continuous selection or placement line, ideal for split or slow-moving SKUs, which are typically stored on shelves.
Wynright has partnered with Vocollect to bring you the industry’s leading end-to-end voice solution, Vocollect’s Voice Warehouse Solution. Specifically designed to excel in challenging industrial-warehouse environments, your Vocollect Voice Solution is precisely tailored to your specific business needs.
Wynright’s revolutionary design (patent pending) combines lights and voice, into a seamless, highly productive picking experience. HYBRID provides the user with a visual representation of required product, followed by structured voice instructions to complete the pick.
Carousels are an affordable way to increase accuracy and productivity. In fact, a horizontal carousel usually costs no more than a well-equipped forklift truck.
implify multi-bay picking and streamline returns processing
Visual Sort is a customized system that enables more efficient tracking and restocking of returned inventory as well as combine the picking of parts in a two-bay system based on a bill of materials.
Big or small, our services are tailored to your project.
No matter the size of your project, we offer services that will allow us to handle the job from beginning to end. From consulting to design, installation to support, we’ll design a solution that meets your needs!
Before making any recommendations, our system design specialists will work with you to carefully analyze your operational requirements and identify current issues to determine your specific needs. We want to understand your facility configuration, capacity and order size, reporting and control requirements and other variables. In other words, we want to understand your business needs and provide a design with those in mind.
Our award winning engineering department can design your warehouse solution from beginning to end, including hardware, controls, electronics, and pneumatics. We will take care of every facet to create a design which will have your operation running smoothly and assist in increasing your overall efficiency.
As part of the engineering effort, we will bring your design to life, so you can see exactly how every part of your system will operate before you make the decision to move forward. We feel that this is an integral part of the process in order to show full system layout as well as exactly how we are helping to solve your issues.
Virtual reality is an engineering tool that will allow the customer to “walk” through their completed warehouse design to evaluate the flow and positioning of items so that changes can be made prior to the beginning of installation. This could also be used to determine interactions within the warehouse, such as between AGV’s and personnel, to maximize safety.
Installation will be completed by our highly trained staff, which has over 30 years of experience in field installations. Whether it is mechanical, electrical or pneumatic installations, you can be sure that our team will surpass your expectations and install your solution with unsurpassed quality and professionalism.
From the smallest component to the largest carrier, Conveyroll solutions are unsurpassed in performance and reliability. We have built our reputation on a constant commitment to quality, and we share that commitment with you in the form of ongoing service and support. If you have any issues with your system, simply contact us and we will resolve the issue and get your system back up and running in minimal time.
Let us help you find the solution that is right for you.
From receiving to storage to shipping, packages are constantly moving around your facility. Our goal is to create a system that will move them in the most accurate and effient way possible, ensuring that your business runs smoothly!
Also known as an expandable conveyor, Flexible Conveyors are useful where movability, manueverability and flexibility are necessary to transport goods. They come in either gravity or electric powered models and use steel rollers or skatewheels on the conveyor surface and has castors on it’s legs to make it moveable. These conveyors are suitable for shipping and receiving departments or other high traffic areas where products need to be moved into or out of trucks because it can be expanded into the truck itself.
Horizontal crossbelt sorters are characterized by their flexible, space-utilizing routing with curves that also conquer inclines and slopes. Feeds and destinations can be arranged in various ways and optimized to increase the system’s performance. With an appropriate layout, it is possible to create several sorting areas with just one cycle. The horizontal crossbelt sorter is also perfectly suited for small spaces. For example, two crossbelt sorters with identical routes can be installed one on top of the other, i.e., doubled up. Horizontal crossbelt sorters can recirculate goods that have either not been recognized by identification technology or have not been discharged because all destinations were full.
With Belt Over Roller Conveyors, the belt can be either slider bed supported or supported by return rollers located underneath the load rollers. Belt On Roller Conveyors are fairly common types of powered conveyors and usually hae rubber belts of strong ply and thickness. This conveyor provides much control over the orientation and placement of loads, which can be good for bulky, irregularly shaped products. Because product orientation is easily controlled with this conveyor, it also makes a good conveyor to use in induction and sortation conveyor systems.
Belt Driven Live Roller Conveyor consistes of load rollers, a drive-belt, return rollers and an external motor. These rollers are moved using a belt which is located directly underneath the load rollers which provides friction directly on the rollers causing forward movement of the product. The return rollers are used to keep the belt in place under the conveyor and to maintain tension on the drive belt. This conveyor can be used in accumulation, induction and merging systems where product suzes and weights tend to vary.
Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyors are typically used to transport heavier loads at controlled speeds. Chains drive sprockets on the load rollers which in turn drive a chain and the sprocket on the next roller. These systems transmit the same amount of power to each roller thus insuring a smooth, even ride. These conveyors offer several advantages, for instance, because there are no belts, the chain driven conveyor can transport both hot and cold loads that could damage other conveyor types.
Accumulation Conveyors separate products on a conveyor line by halting and holding goods in place until the system signals its release to the next zone. This also keeps products from touching or running into each other to eliminate damage. Accumulation system conveyor is typically used in conjunction with other modular conveyor types in a complete conveyor handling system. This conveyor can be the most vital link in any large material handling conveyor system for product handling automation. Without it, your product flow, sortation system, packaging machine or other machines will quickly become overloaded and will not function properly.
Line Shaft Conveyors basic design utilizes live rollers that are driven by a urethane belt from a drive shaft under the roller bed that runs the length of the conveyor. This belt driven driveshaft is turned by a motor and transmits its rotation via small urethane belts to individual rollers, making it an excellent choice for both transporting and accumulating products on a production line. Since the rollers are individually powered, a line shaft conveyor can easily be used for accumulation operations where there is a minimum amount of back pressure on the product being transported.
Also known as a telescoping conveyor, this conveyor extends into the back of a trailer to load or unload packages with ease, providing a long term solution in the shipping and receiving areas. When loading or unloading is finished, the extendable conveyor simply telescopes back into itself and is ready for use with the next truck. These conveyors can either be fixed in place or move along the dock for easy access to any of the available doors (known as transversing.
We know sortation solutions so you don’t have to
More elaborate systems that require products to be delivered to different locations throughout the warehouse may still need some sort of sortation solution. No matter your needs, we’ve got you covered!
Ideal for shipping and/or receiving operations with a medium rate requirement and where product orientation needs to be preserved. Can accomplish rates up to 30 cartons per minute when used with sortation belt conveyor running at 100 to 350 feet per minute. Handles a wide variety of conveyables up 75 lbs., depending on sys. sort rate and design. Diverts 45 onto powered or non-powered takeaway. Product maintains orientation. Air-operated arm can be controlled manually or remotely. Designed to be used with Automotion’s standard belt conveyor or live roller divert conveyor. Best results accomplished when paired with an Automotion high speed induction conveyor.
Ideal for shipping and/or receiving operations with a high rate requirement. Can accomplish rates up to 60 cartons per minute when used with sortation belt conveyor running up to 450 feet per minute.* Handles a wide variety of conveyables up 75 lbs., depending on system sort rate and design. Gentle controlled sweeping action diverts conveyables at a 45º angle onto powered or non-powered takeaway conveyor. Air-operated arm can be controlled manually or remotely. Designed to be used with Automotion’s standard belt conveyor or live roller divert conveyor. Best results accomplished when paired with an Automotion high speed induction conveyor.
Horizontal crossbelt sorters are characterized by their flexible, space-utilizing routing with curves that also conquer inclines and slopes. Feeds and destinations can be arranged in various ways and optimized to increase the system’s performance. With an appropriate layout, it is possible to create several sorting areas with just one cycle. The horizontal crossbelt sorter is also perfectly suited for small spaces. For example, two crossbelt sorters with identical routes can be installed one on top of the other, i.e., doubled up. Horizontal crossbelt sorters can recirculate goods that have either not been recognized by identification technology or have not been discharged because all destinations were full.
The main feature of Interroll’s vertical crossbelt sorter with linear, straight routing («above – below») is its distinctive space-saving design because of its compact, modular approach. A minimum width of 1.7 m is already sufficient, e.g., for a vertical sorter with a crossbelt carriage measuring 400 x 400 mm. This configuration can also save valuable space, if full containers are transported into the sorter. This is unique on the market. The infeed on the vertical sorter usually starts with an accumulating conveyor in front of the actual sorter – a simple conveyor belt. Operators are able to manually feed goods directly onto this accumulating conveyor – a cost-effective and ergonomic solution. The accumulating conveyor can, of course, also be loaded via semi-automated or fully-automated infeeds.
SPEED: UP TO 200 RPM.
CAPACITY: 15 TO 30 BOXES PER MINUTE
VOLTAGE: +24 VDC
Ideal for shipping and/or receiving operations with a high rate, high volume requirement. Can accomplish rates up to 100 cartons per minute* at speeds up to 400 ft. per minute. Transports product on a surface of multiple belts. Each belt is properly tensioned by an individual spring take-up. The belt tracks feature a unique «rolling design», that results in a longer belt life, quieter operation, and a reduction in necessary horsepower. The AutoSort 16 uses a divert point that consists of a series of pop-up wheels that are angled at 30. These wheels are driven by the main conveyor and require no additional drives. The AutoSort 17 uses a divert point that consists of pop-up rollers that are angled at 90 º. The multi-belt sorter is a modular system that is composed of a drive section, intermediate bed(s), divert bed(s), and a tail section
Ideal for shipping and/or receiving operations with a high rate requirement and numerous divert locations are required. Can accomplish rates up to 90 cartons per minute when used with sortation belt conveyor running at 180 – 300 feet per minute.* Handles a wide variety of conveyables up 75 lbs., depending on system sort rate and design. (3) rows of wheels lift the carton onto a 45º powered or non-powered takeaway conveyor. Modular construction allows for many design possibilities, such as unlimited sorter lengths and countless divert configurations. The assembly is also easier to maintain. Designed to be used with Automotion’s standard belt conveyor.
Ideal for shipping and/or receiving operations with a medium rate requirement and where linear space is limited. Can accomplish rates up to 40 cartons per minute when used with sortation belt conveyor running up to 250 feet per minute.* Handles a wide variety of conveyables up 75 lbs., depending on system sort rate and design. Diverts 90 onto a parallel or perpendicular, powered or non-powered takeaway conveyor. Air-operated arm can be controlled manually or remotely Designed to be used with Automotion’s standard belt conveyor or live roller divert conveyor. Best results accomplished when paired with an Automotion high speed induction conveyor.
Ideal for shipping and/or receiving operations with a high rate, high volume requirement. Can accomplish rates up to 250 cartons per minute* at speeds up to 550 ft. per minute. Integrated advanced tracking system communicates the timing and amount of shoes needed to accurately divert product onto a take-away conveyor. Available in single or dual-sided configurations. AutoSort 13 features a shoe design of extruded aluminum and sound insulation and an electric divert switch instead of the standard pneumatic switch to enable the sorter to achieve even higher sortation rates.
Ideal for shipping and/or receiving operations with a medium rate requirement. Can accomplish rates up to 20 cartons per minute when used with sortation belt conveyor running at 100 to 250 feet per minute.* Handles a wide variety of conveyables up 75 lbs., depending on system sort rate and design. Diverts at an angle of 90º onto a powered or non-powered takeaway conveyor. Air-operated arm can be controlled manually or remotely. Designed to be used with Automotion’s standard belt conveyor or live roller divert conveyor. Best results accomplished when paired with an Automotion high speed induction conveyor.
