Emil Frey Logistik

Emil Frey Logistik Implements Two AutoStore Systems with Kardex

Country
GERMANY
Industry
AUTOMOTIVE

Emil Frey Logistik has implemented a dedicated AutoStore system in Kassel and Lehrte near Hanover to ensure the more efficient handling of spare parts. Emil Frey Logistik approached the intralogistics expert and global AutoStore partner, Kardex, to design and integrate the two AutoStore solutions

 

 

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The Spare Parts Business of Emil Frey

 

Emil Frey Logistik GmbH currently manages the small parts kits logistics for various auto manufacturers and is planning to expand its business at its two sites in Germany in Kassel and Lehrte near Hanover. Automotive spare parts will be stored at both locations and shipped out from there. The business at the Lehrte site will be built in an existing property with approx. 40,000 m² of storage space. A new building with approx. 26,000 m² of warehouse space will be used for the first time at the Kassel site where Emil Frey Logistik will implement an automated process for small parts kits to make optimal use of the additional space and thus maximizing productivity at the site. The intralogistics expert and global AutoStore partner Kardex will install a designated AutoStore system at both locations. The high-density automatic store and order picking system enables maximum efficiency in terms of space and flexible integration into any building. 

 

Portrait_Fabris_Alessandro "The experienced team at Kardex impressed us with its professional expertise in designing tailor-made, innovative overall solutions," says Alessandro Fabris, Project Manager at Emil Frey Logistik. "AutoStore cuts the distances we have to walk in the store down to a minimum, significantly increases the ergonomics of the stations and makes optimal use of our available space to provide the quickest and most reliable service possible to our customers."

 

 

Modular, flexible and highly efficient

 

AutoStore systems are operated by high-speed autonomous robots that move on a 3D aluminum grid system in which the bins are stacked within the grid in several rows with no gaps. The battery-operated robots lift the bins from the storage place, sort them and then deliver them to the linked stations (ports) for refilling and order picking. The extremely flexible grid system maximizes storage density and provides 4x more capacity on the same surface area compared to traditional manual storage. AutoStore is the fastest order fulfillment system per square meter on the market which enables high-density storage that can be expanded during operations as required. AutoStore has an average availability of 99.8% across all systems installed to date and "built-in redundancy", which makes it the world's most reliable and efficient store system.
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Visualization of the planned AutoStore solution for Emil Frey in Kassel

 

Kardex has designed an AutoStore solution with a capacity for 46,000 bins at the Lehrte site near Hanover. The bins will be handled by 13 AutoStore "Red Line R5" robots and five ergonomic stations or "carousel ports."

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