2350 metres of conveyor
June 1st 2007 Gebhardt Fördertechnik has
installed a $3.7m materials
handling system in a new
42,500m2 master warehouse
with 145,000 storage points
opened by Mercedes-Benz in
New Jersey, USA. Five years
ago, Gebhardt's UK partner
European Conveyor
Systems, installed a similar
system at the company's
parts DC in Milton Keynes.
The system carries stock to
the appropriate locations in
the warehouse at a rate of
3500 tote bins a day, with
each bin auto-checked to
ensure it is below a safe
weight limit. Around 15,000
individual parts a day are
conveyed to the despatch
area for delivery to the 330-
strong dealer network. The
system involves 2350m of
various types of conveyor,
including sections of
Gebhardt's zero-pressure
accumulation conveyor.
There are also 330 drives,
495 photo-electric barriers
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