Click here to view our Photo Gallery of Stacker Cranes. Please click here to Contact Us. A stacker crane is a machine integrated into an Automated Storage/Retrieval System, also known as AS/RS. The AS/RS are computer-controlled systems for storing and retrieving products in manufacturing warehouses and facilities. The stacker crane’s role in the system is to transfer large unit loads from a specific storage slot to a pickup or delivery station. The stacker crane is a large carriage that is built directly between the aisles of the AS/RS. In a highly sophisticated system, multiple stacker cranes can be assigned to one aisle. It can be built to move either vertical or parallel in the aisle. FATA Automation’s engineers analyze each customer’s production flows that the storage system will have to supply, in order to define the exact dimensions and the best distribution of the internal resources. This is followed by design of the structures, layouts, internal materials handling equipment and machinery. FATA’s engineering team accompanies each phase of the work and is the basis for development. Features of AS/RS: - Two rows of metal racks that are face to face; a narrow aisle are between the metal racks
- A raised metal rail is built down the center of the narrow aisle
- A tall pole travels through the narrow aisle along the rails
- Once the pole reaches a certain point, a carriage travels up or down the pole to the same level of the location point
- A load-handling mechanism is built on to the carriage, and then it reaches into the load to be put away or recover a load.
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