Last week, Effifork’s Multi Directional Forklift and VNA Turret Trucks were shipped out of the warehouse after quality inspection to an overseas customer in the pipe industry.
Pipe plays a vital role in construction, manufacturing and other fields. It is one of the key infrastructure supply chains.
Project Background
The customer specializes in the production and sale of pipe products. To meet the broad market’s diversified needs, the company has been developing new products and expanding production. However, the traditional warehousing model and logistics equipment can hardly meet the enterprise’s future development needs.
Project Pain Points
01 Insufficient storage space
Ground stacking storage excessive occupation of the ground, and the special shape of the pipe, stacking height is limited, in the vertical direction can not make full use of warehouse space, the warehouse capacity is very limited;
02 Long material handling difficulties
Pipe loading and unloading, transfer, and storage need to use different handling equipment; logistics is difficult; it is difficult to load tons of goods at a time, and the flow of inefficient;
03There are safety hazards
Pipe size difference, smooth surface, and transportation have been the phenomenon of loss of load, slipping from the forks, safety hazards;
04 Picking difficulty
The number of SKUs and batches of spare parts is large, and finding and moving the target goods on the ground takes a lot of time and labor, which slows the order progress.
Effifork Solution
After comprehensively considering the site constraints and the customer’s key needs, Effifork intelligent forklift business staff recommended the Multi Directional Forklift and VNA Turret Truck for the enterprise. The two pieces of equipment complement each other, helping the enterprise realize the efficient storage of long materials and the efficiency of spare parts sorting.
01Storage Density Upgrade
Effifork fully utilized the advantage of Multi Directional Forklift trucks that can travel and stack in a narrow aisle of only 2,300mm and re-planned the storage layout for the customer. Narrow aisle racking with a height of 10 meters was used to replace the previous floor stacking, increasing the available storage space by nearly 80%.
For spare parts, a high and dense storage area was divided. The VNA Turret Truck with a maximum lifting height of 15.5m was used to expand the capacity of the spare parts storage area in the limited space through scientific planning for customers to achieve a higher ping effect of warehousing.
02Logistics efficiency upgrade
RSEW Multi Directional Forklift are specially designed for 3-10m long material transportation. With a rated load of 3 tons, the single pipe handling volume can be more than doubled compared with the previous model.
The six driving modes, such as sideways, inclined, in-situ slewing, etc., can be quickly switched to flexibly cope with complex routes.
Higher single-handling capacity + simplified transportation steps help the efficient flow of long materials.
03Improve logistics safety
Effifork has thoughtfully equipped the omnidirectional trucks with adjustable forks for this project so that employees can flexibly adjust the distance between the forks to adapt to different specifications of long materials without getting out of the truck with a single push of a button;
The fork’s forward and backward tilt design not only makes access easier, but also ensures that the smooth shape of the pipe does not slip in the handling process, avoiding accidents.
04Improve picking efficiency
Clearly define the storage location of each SKU and quickly locate the storage position or order demand; VNA Turret Truck driving cab can be synchronized with the rise, can efficiently complete the picking + access operations, improve the efficiency of spare parts in and out of the warehouse. Effifork narrow aisle technology to help the pipe industry logistics comprehensive upgrade.
Suppliers of VNA Turret Trucks
EffiFork is a Leader in the Electric Forklift Factory. Its warehouse equipment has been exported to 100+ countries and regions. The key products are double deep reach trucks, VNA Forklifts, Multi Directional Reach Trucks, Electric Lifting Stackers, Electric Towing Trucks, Electric Pallet Trucks, and Customized Equipment. EffiFork not only provides warehouse equipment but also makes a full set of material handling solutions If you need VNA Turret Trucks, please get in touch with us.
