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Mezzanines
With the increased usage of vertical space in buildings today, vertical conveyors are an excellent choice for moving materials from first floor level to the mezzanine level. VRC’s may be installed either along the edge of a mezzanine or through a hole in the mezzanine floor depending on the user’s preference and the handling requirements. The use of VRCs precludes the inefficient need to wait for, and tie up, expensive portable equipment (forklifts, etc.) to place materials directly on the mezzanine itself or in a staging area. This properly resolves safety concerns associated with increased forklift activity and manual material lifting via stairs.
Multi-floor Buildings
Due to the increased costs of land and building construction, new companies for their startup or expansion are frequently utilizing older buildings. The use of a VRC can streamline a manufacturing or warehousing operation and make it a less expensive, productive facility. The addition of a VRC can relieve the burden of moving materials and cargo on an existing elevator thus freeing up the elevator for the purpose it was intended for, moving people. The VRC can also be strategically located within the building to provide vertical transportation of goods or materials within close proximity of the production or storage area. Vertical lifts can also be installed on the outside wall of the building if space is not available inside.
Preexisting or New Shaft
VRC’s can be easily installed in a pre-existing or new shaft. This allows for the efficient utilization of otherwise unusable equipment space.
Automated Systems
The platform of a VRC may be equipped with a powered roller conveyor assembly, a gravity conveyor with a drop lock assembly, a chain transfer conveyor assembly, a turntable device and/or a pusher assembly and can interface with conveyor lines, single or multilevel rack system, or a transport. The controls can be so designed such that the carriage or carrier can receive the load automatically, deliver products to a preselected destination and then return to its original position automatically.
TYPICAL LOADS CARRIED
Boxed Items
Manual loading and unloading of boxes, cartons, and various other materials.
Palletized Material
Pallet loads using pallet hand trucks, motorized pallet trucks, or forklift trucks. Note the VRC’s capacity when loading and unloading with heavy loading devices. The VRC must be designed and installed to tolerate the load plus the loading device.
Carts & Hand Trucks
Wheeled carts, hand trucks, wheeled bin trucks, wheeled trash trucks, gondolas, etc.
Conveyorized Material
Automated loading with the use of gravity, chain transfer sections or powered conveyors, turntables, pushers, etc. for the handling of pallet or slip sheet loads into or out of storage facilities, multilevel small order picking operations, for ceiling level transportation of products from one facility to another, and various other applications where multilevel continual flow is required and minimum floor usage is a requirement.
Automated Systems
Guided Vehicles (AGV’s) from one floor level to another.
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