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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 and 58 barcode scanners.

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