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The online store of Geomix GmbH, official partner of the Austrian Football Association and the Austrian Football League, offers clothing and shoes for soccer, leisure, running and training. In addition, you can find original jerseys of the most important international football clubs in their extensive fan store. In Liezen, Styria, an AutoStore® system was installed in an existing warehouse to optimize e-commerce processes. Hörmann Logistik planned the special requirements for dynamics and pick rate in detail and realized the project.
The concept
Based on eight operating hours on five days, available space and several system simulations with real data, Hörmann Logistik designed the individual AutoStore® system with 52 robots and 23,500 containers on nine levels. The existing hall determines the height of the AutoStore® grid.
Nine carousel ports guarantee the high pick rate of 1,500 retrievals per hour. 2 carousel ports will cover about 100 storages per hour in the first phase, three more carousel workstations are preconfigured for a second phase. The Single-Double-Grid with the overall dimensions of 31 x 40 x 4.2 m (L x W x H) is encased on three sides.
The 23,500 standard containers (649 mm L x 449 mm W x 330 mm H) allow a maximum payload of 30 kg each.
52 red-line robots supply and discharge the 11 carousel workstations. Each robot needs about 5 hours charging time per day. For this purpose, 41 charging stations are available at the edge of the grid.
Maximum dynamics with 1,500 picks per hour
All workstations are equipped for both goods receipt and picking. The warehouse employees deliver the incoming goods to the two storage ports.
1,500 presumed retrieval picks per hour result in a cycle time of approximately 19 seconds per pick.
The stacks, each with 9 containers, stand directly on the hall floor. The single-double-grid rail system is located above the container stacks. There the battery-powered robots move autonomously. The robots jointly pick up containers, re-sort them as required and make them available at the carousel ports. Dividers allow for flexible partitioning of containers for simultaneous handling of different articles.
"As official partner of various soccer leagues we offer clothing and footwear for soccer, leisure, running and exercising in our online-store. The AutoStore® system meets our particularly high requirements for dynamic and fast pick rates within the e-commerce processes."
KARL ZETTLER | BOARD MEMBER GEOMIX
