WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 5/2019
WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 5/2019
WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 5/2019
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There is room<br />
in the smallest shop<br />
LOGISTICS<br />
E-commerce business, including the handling of<br />
returns, has not only led to an extreme increase in<br />
parcel volume in recent years - the variety of<br />
shipments and the requirements for the handling of<br />
goods have also increased drastically. Smaller and<br />
medium-sized courier, express or parcel locations<br />
(CEP locations) are thus confronted with a delicate<br />
challenge. Despite the necessity to unload large<br />
volumes of parcels and above all to sort them,<br />
there is often no space for a sorter. Flexible telescopic<br />
conveyors as well as scalable sorting solutions can help<br />
to use the space even in the smallest shop.<br />
At the interface between extra logistics and intralogistics, rigid<br />
loading concepts and a high proportion of manual work are<br />
used in many places. This takes a lot of time and makes an increase<br />
in parcel throughput almost impossible. Modern, flexible telescopic<br />
conveyors can be a first step here. Even with standard models,<br />
productivity can be increased by up to 30 percent compared to<br />
manual handling and a large variety of applications can be implemented.<br />
For example, the telescopes can be moved to the side so<br />
that several loading docks can be operated simultaneously. If further<br />
space is required from time to time in front of the ramp, compact<br />
models are available which can be pulled back into a parking<br />
position by personnel. This makes a mixed transport of general<br />
cargo, roll containers or pallets possible.<br />
Operating different vehicle types<br />
with a single solution<br />
Thanks to a lowerable front telescopic segment, it is also possible to<br />
load and unload different vehicle profiles from containers and<br />
trucks to delivery vans with one and the same telescopic conveyor.<br />
For example, the Sovex Bendy Boom telescopic conveyor, which<br />
was developed in close cooperation with market leaders in the parcel<br />
industry, can be used to serve transporters, trucks or containers<br />
with a length of up to 14 m on the same swap body. This is made<br />
possible by the 1.8 m long, movable front telescope segment, which<br />
can be angled by max. 25°. In addition to flexibility, this also allows<br />
the boom to be positioned in the optimal ergonomic position at all<br />
times. This prevents muscle-skeletal problems for operators or<br />
work-related accidents. The model, which can be extended up to a<br />
length of 15 m, provides the necessary conditions for a loading and<br />
unloading capacity of 1,200 parcels per hour.<br />
01 With lowerable front telescopic segments,<br />
even smaller transporters can be operated<br />
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