Automation for Beverage Warehouses

Whether you’re storing milk in cartons, beer in crates or wine in casks, the performance demands in the drinks industry are huge. For drinks manufacturers and distributors as well as filling plant operators, choosing the right storage method is crucial.

Maximum availability and maximum throughput are the main priorities here. Storage and retrieval machines (SRMs), shuttles, and conveyor systems require sufficient capacity reserves if they are to react adequately to seasonal peaks. Strict hygiene stipulations in some plants, temperature zones, heavy loads, many different load carriers, and fragile drinks containers result in further requirements to be met.

By using customized Storage and retrieval machines, materials handling technology, and load handling equipment, DAMBACH Lagersysteme is able to tackle the many different requirements economically and effectively. Maximum reliability and good efficiency are key components for reaching the best solution for an automated drinks warehouse. With 50 years of experience in drinks logistics, DAMBACH can offer customers the right warehousing solution for every situation.

DAMBACH Beverage Industry Expertise

• Several beverage transshipment depots completed

• Load handling equipment by DAMBACH

• Temperature-controlled warehouses, ripening stores, and cold stores

• Experience with hygiene regulations

• The use of foodstuffs-compliant oils and materials

• COMPACT SHUTTLE for fast storage and retrieval

• Order-picking in different temperature zones

• Knowledge of the beverages sector

• More than 250 projects completed

• Storage and retrieval machines with rated loads of up to 6,000 kg

• Pallet handling technology for 1,500 kg rated load at high speeds (max. 0.5 m/s)

• From ripening stores to the further processing of drinks and liquids

Rail-Guided Storage and Retrieval Machines for Beverage Warehouses

For storage and retrieval machines in drinks warehouses, high throughput rates are essential. Because despite the heavy loads (up to 6,000 kg), the liquids must be moved safely and quickly. Even in the case of 24/7 three-shift operations, DAMBACH SRMs guarantee maximum dependability for order-picking and flow storage applications. DAMBACH SRMs can be supplied as single or twin mast models regardless of the number of load carriers. And when performance has to be upgraded later, then additional drives, for example, can be installed to maintain full flexibility and also meet future needs. DAMBACH can also supply storage and retrieval machines with a special toothed rack drive for fast-mover product zones.

Materials Handling Systems for Beverage Warehouses

DAMBACH materials handling technology is designed to work with DAMBACH storage and retrieval machines and therefore just as flexible in use. It is the perfect link in the material flow chain from warehouse to apron. The many components of our modular system, e.g. chain and roller conveyors, turntables, lift tables, change-of-direction units, vertical elevators, and transfer wagons, can be ideally combined to suit every application. DAMBACH pallet handling installations, with rated loads of up to 1500 kg and high conveyor speeds of up to 0.5 m/s, are perfect for the needs of drinks logistics.

Load Handling Equipment for Beverage Warehouses

We develop and produce our own load handling attachments so that, despite the high demands, every load can be transported properly. And not just telescopic elements, but also attachments for special applications, e.g. roller or chain conveyor units with tilting options or swivel traverse forks. For warehouses with multi-deep storage, customers choose our high-performance COMPACT SHUTTLE, which is repositioned in different lanes by a storage and retrieval machine. Whether crates, barrels or bottles, the choice of the right load handling equipment ensures an ideal solution for any automated warehouse.

Controls for Beverage Warehouses

A smooth-running system consisting of many different components requires a suitable control. For example, cooled control cabinets are configured to suit temperature-controlled warehouses. Factory pre-wiring guarantees fast installation and commissioning for SRMs and conveyor systems. A control from DAMBACH Lagersysteme rounds off an installation with diverse elements and ensures optimum material flows.

DAMBACH can equip an automated warehouse with its DSE (DAMBACH SMART ENERGY MANAGEMENT) system to improve the energy balance and hence the economics. Implementing DSE in DAMBACH storage and retrieval machines shows that environmental thinking and economic efficiency are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, they complement each other. Because DSE not only reduces energy consumption, it also maintains current throughput, indeed can even increase it.