Cargo Storage Systems, the Oxfordshire based manufacturer of automated vertical storage devices, have installed a turnkey design lift for CNC Precision turning company, Qualiturn Products, via Couzens Storage Solutions. Located in Hertford, Qualiturn offer in excess of 10,000 hours per month capacity on an extensive range of CNC turning machines, with over 250 customers in the aerospace, automotive, surgical and electronic sectors. Qualiturn approached Cargo with a requirement to store metal bar, in a multitude of diameters and lengths. In addition to the considerable weight storage capabilities of the lift, Qualiturn needed a facility whereby a tray of stored bar could be removed on a trolley, for transportation within the factory.
The 7.5m high Cargo lift has been manufactured to accommodate up to 500kg of product or material per tray, and an integral divider system has been incorporated to section the metal bar material on the trays. The Lift also has an external presentation port which allows individual trays to be removed, using a wheeled unit designed by Cargo, whereby trays of product or material can be manoeuvred easily around Qualiturn’s extensive production facility.
Qualiturn’s Managing Director, Nick Groom, said “With our customers asking for reductions in component prices and improved deliveries, Qualiturn had to review current working practises and its systems. In looking we found we could improve our material stock level monitoring, reduce machine down time, and improve further on our material tractability records. In doing all of these we identified the need to improve material storage manual handling.
We are now controlling stock levels of raw material down to the last 1/4 of a bar, seeing where every bar goes, who takes it and when. Results are recorded and integrated with our current computer system in real time. We have also increased our onsite metal security, making material unavailable unless you have a registered thumb print.
Floor space is at premium to many companies and Qualiturn is no different. By installing the 4m x 4m x 7.5m high vertical lift in, we have made room for two more machines, which will in turn help to reduce lead times to our customers, and increase turnover, thus helping to pay for the new Cargo Lift”.
The Cargo Lift is a computer controlled vertical lift, storage and retrieval system. On command the lift transports selected items to and from the operator, improving productivity, increasing picking speeds and reducing costs with trays that can move vertically up to 2.3 metres per second. The built-to-order Lifts are available in heights of 5 to 20m, and widths of 2 to 3.6 meters.
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