Common Problems With Loading Dock Equipment

Common Problems With Loading Dock Equipment

Your loading dock area is likely one of the busiest in your facility. With constant foot traffic, and forklifts moving heavy loads to and from trucks and trailers, and constant stress from weather elements, these areas can quickly face problems.  As issues surface on the loading dock they need to be address promptly to avoid…

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Pallet Racking Basics

Which Type of Pallet Racking is Best for My Warehouse? There are a number of different types of pallet racking systems available today. Even seasoned warehouse operators may be challenged to fully-understand the features and benefits, positives, and negatives of each type of racking. In this blog post, we hope to provide helpful information on…

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Tips for Warehouse Layout Efficiency

Warehouse layouts significantly impact operational efficiency. Proper layouts provide safer spaces for workers and allow seamless equipment options. Having an organized facility can also lead to boosted customer satisfaction and maximized revenue. Creating a new warehouse layout can seem challenging, but the right tips can make the process easier and ensure you maximize your space…

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How to Select the Right Commercial UTV for You

First, some history about Polaris, the company that introduced the first UTV. Polaris manufactured its first snowmobile in 1955 and in the following decades, parlayed its success into product development and new markets. In 1985 Polaris became the first American company to build an all-terrain vehicle, or ATV for short. They named it the Trail…

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agv vs amr

AGVs vs. AMRs: Exploring the Key Differences in Warehouse Automation

Today, tasks like moving, packing, loading and unloading goods are more advanced than ever. Industries can use state-of-the-art mechanisms to complete operations more efficiently, resulting in fewer labor-intensive tasks and increased productivity and revenue. Improving your processes with robotic automation allows you to stay ahead of your industry, streamline processes, maximize efficiency and enhance working…

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OTTO Motors 1500 Autonomous Mobile Robot

Cross Docking

Cross docking is a practice where materials are transferred from inbound trucking to outbound trucking. Cross docking allows for operations to move, combine and sort less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments prior to final delivery. In practice, these operations utilize multiple staging areas where inbound materials are sorted and checked and stored until being delivered to outbound docks…

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New MAFI terminal tractor and roll trailer.

Eastern Lift Truck Co.’s Quick Response Aids Marine Terminal Operator in Need

Operating a busy marine port with full rail and interstate highway access is challenging, even for a company with more than one hundred years of experience and the ability to handle a variety of shipments from bulk and breakbulk, to project cargo, and Ro/Ro. Last summer, one such deep-water, multimodal terminal, contacted Eastern Lift Truck…

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OTTO Motors 600 autonomous mobile robot

Small Goods and Tote Transport

There are many applications in any operation that require the movement of small goods or small containers of products, supplies or ready-to-ship boxes that aren’t palletized. ELT Systems Group’s robotic solutions can automate these workflows with a cart-based system. With the OTTO 100 you can stage carts with different shelving configurations throughout your facility with…

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Pallet rack with tunnel

Emergency Procedures

Every facility has its own safety procedures in the case of an emergency. In the case of a fire, for example, all fork truck operators must park their trucks in a place that does not obstruct any emergency exits, fire extinguishers etc. When it comes to robotic lift trucks, the requirements are the same for…

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Inbound to Quality Control or Staging

In some operations like cross-docking or manufacturing, pallets that are delivered to an inbound staging area need to moved throughout the facility to different quality control or staging areas. The pallets are placed in staging lanes and need to be scanned and delivered to an appropriate area. In order to automate these workflows a myriad…

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Inter-Building Transport

Large warehouses and distribution centers have the challenge of moving pallets from one side of a build to another. This could be movement from inbound, long- or short-term storage, to an outbound or quality control area. Regardless of where the pallets are moving to and from, manual operators are required to travel long distances moving…

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OTTO 100 AMRs in a line

Automating Milk Runs in Production

A typical application for manual operators is to drive tuggers pulling carts, with materials to be delivered to multiple locations, in a production facility, aka a milk run. A robotic lift truck solution automates tugger routes by removing the need for manual operators to drive in loops all day. The robotic solution has a capacity…

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