Simple Live Picking Conversion
February 1st 2006 The Live Storage Company has launched a new Span Track full-width roller carton flow track system for converting pallet racking and static pick faces into efficient live picking environments. The robust modular units simply slot into new or existing racking to enable rapid transformation of the picking process.
Items always move to the front of the rack face at the optimum position for picking so that staff do not have to stretch or lean over to retrieve items making picking safer and more efficient. The increased reliability and durability of steel Span Track compared with plastic alternatives helps reduce time lost through equipment failure.
The Span Track system is suitable for full case and loose item picking. Units can be installed in conventional pallet racking or shelving, in many cases without the need to re-configure the system. They are supplied in exact lengths to install between (rather than on top of) beams so the maximum space is available for storage and picking. The simple drop-in design ensures that units can be installed or repositioned quickly and easily without tools.
Span Track can also create new storage and picking environments. It can be used to convert ground and first-beam level locations into live order picking faces where pallets are stored immediately above for rapid pull-down replenishment.
Each unit is manufactured using tempered aluminium rollers with full-length axles mounted on durable galvanised steel side channels. This creates a strong unit that requires no intermediate support to carry loads up to 75kg per metre on a 3m span. More articles from The Live Storage Company Limited: | 
