The Fast Pick Station has a two-storey design: The picking table is located on a platform on the upper floor. Employees receive various small packages, parcels and trays with mixed goods via a conveyor line and pick them onto waiting pallets according to order. Underneath the platform is a shaft into which the pallets can be gradually lowered. This ensures that the work surface is always at the optimum height. The employees can move the often heavy parcels horizontally onto the load carrier in a comfortable posture.

Up to 800 picks and a goods turnover of ten tons per hour can be achieved in this way. An automatic film stretcher is integrated into the chute. When a pallet is fully loaded, it is conveyed downwards and then wrapped in a resistant film to secure it for further transportation. Winkel also points out the pallet buffer: The solution immediately provides an empty pallet parallel to the lowering of the full pallet. The fully wrapped pallet is transferred directly from the chute to a conveyor line. The station then places another empty pallet in the buffer - while work continues.

Depalletizing from all sides

Winkel offers depalletizing stations for unloading incoming goods. They consist of a lifting system with a workstation that has a particularly ergonomic design. The W-DP1-1500 depalletizing station, for example, allows free access from all sides: The employee can conveniently access the goods. Modular chain and belt lifters move palletized goods upwards particularly gently and efficiently. With a load capacity of 0.5 to six tons, they can reach a lifting height of 40 meters. The lifting speed of the lifters is up to four meters per second. Winkel's portfolio also includes lifting and traversing units that also move the goods horizontally. They are ideal for multi-shift operation and can be integrated into existing conveyor technology.

With the Colibri storage and retrieval machine, users can make better use of the space in the warehouse and access cartons and containers particularly quickly. (Image: Winkel)

For pallet handling, Winkel offers a wide range of pallet storage and loading stations, transfer solutions and pallet doublers for all standard formats worldwide. The latter can be used to stack individual load carriers effortlessly on top of each other. The system has a modular design and is equipped with rollers. The load capacity ranges from 0.5 to three tons. The load is picked up either via forks, telescopic forks or lateral pallet grippers. With the Colibri storage and retrieval machine for containers and cartons and the Puma for pallets and pallet cages, Winkel offers two innovative and proven standard solutions for high-bay warehouses, which impress with their slim design, practically vibration-free behavior and high acceleration.