Innovative solutions for transporting small payloads
CONTROL & AUTOMATION SMALL LOADS, BIG GAINS
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Innovative solutions for transporting small payloads
Think about all the different types of small payloads that potentially need to be moved around a building, process or facility. These payloads could be production samples, parts for the production line, assembled parts moving to the next process, materials that are used within the process or part of the production line itself.
Quirepace offer several different intralogistics solutions for small payload transportation, that is, payloads up to around 40kg.
Pneumatic Tube Systems( PTS) For the smallest payloads, up to around 5kg maximum, one of the best technologies is also one of the oldest, Pneumatic Tube Systems. The idea of putting a payload in a carrier and blowing it through a tube from one place to another has been around since Victorian times, and yet is still a practical, efficient and cost-effective method of conveying smaller items around a facility.
Quirepace offer several different versions of Pneumatic Tube System in a range of different tube sizes ranging from 63mm up to 200mm. Whilst the basic process of sending a payload in a carrier is the same for all systems, what differentiates different models tends to be the complexity of the control system which is itself driven by the throughput required.
The simplest systems are literally a point-to-point single tube, moving a carrier from one end to the other. At the other end of the scale huge networks with 100’ s of terminals, and thousands of transactions every day are found in places such as large hospitals.
Quirepace offer several different versions of Pneumatic Tube System in a range of different tube sizes ranging from 63mm up to 200mm.
In industry, the principal use for Quirepace pneumatic tube systems is to transport samples for QC testing from the production floor to the on-site laboratory or testing location, but other payloads could be jewellery, weighbridge tickets, dentists’ tools, paperwork – in fact just about anything that will fit in a carrier.
With carrier speeds typically around 5-10m / s, Pneumatic Tube Systems offer a rapid and cost-effective conveying solution across distances even up to 1-2km.
Monorail Electric Track Vehicles( ETV)
There are many different intralogistics solutions on the market solving the problems of moving payloads quickly and efficiently around the industrial process floor. However, many have the inherent disadvantage that they consume floor-space and create barriers to other personnel and goods movements. Multicar and its smaller sister Unicar, are innovative monorail solutions manufactured by Telelift Logistics in Munich and distributed in the UK by Quirepace. These systems can route payload transportation at high level, clear and away from
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