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1. Fields of application
Introduced simultaneously in the mid-1960s in Switzerland, Germany and the United States, stacker cranes need to be considered in the context of their environment: that of warehousing and order picking.
Here we take a look at the various applications that share the same functions:
storage (placing in stock, removing from stock) ;
order picking.
The stacker cranes are therefore part of the supply chain controlled by the information system (figures 1 , 2 and 3...
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1. Markets in different countries
We estimate the global market for automated logistics distribution centers (CDLA) in Europe at 0.930 billion euros in 2000, and project a market of 1.130 billion euros in 2004. These figures take into account all the components of a CDLA (racking, conveyors, stacker cranes, supervision, etc.).
In France, between 5 and 10 projects are carried out each year,...
Bibliography
Regulations. Standardization
European Federation of Materials Handling (FEM)
- Terminology – Vocabulary of locker service equipment. - FEM 9001 -
- Terminology – Stacker crane definitions. - FEM 9101 -
- Checking the performance of mechanical crate feeders – Reliability – Availability. - FEM 9221 -
- Règles relatives...
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