The future of intralogistics is automation. Because market fluctuations, uncertainties and a lack of skilled workers are increasing. Maximum availability and storage capacity on less floor space, greater security, process and inventory accuracy with lower operating and production costs, reduced personnel requirements and seamless, sequence-accurate preparation for dispatch are the advantages of automated storage systems. Companies can adapt their logistics strategies at short notice and with foresight.
In the medium term, a higher investment pays off with unprecedented sustainability in line with market developments. With good prospects for the future. This is what Westfalia storage systems stand for in every screw and in every piece of software. From feeding to shipping.
There are many system integrators in the market for an automated storage system. We are one of the few manufacturers of key technologies for automated high-bay warehouses and conveyor systems. What we do best: Gentle, automated storage and retrieval of high loads of different sizes on pallets, trays, in cartons and boxes, on paloxes, in KEG barrels, wound on rolls, on other loading aids. Or without pallets at all.
This makes us – among other merits – a market leader for automated storage systems in the packaging, paper and corrugated cardboard industry.
Material-friendly, highest degree of space utilization
Warehouses for single and double-deep storage of goods with telescopic forks are the proven standard that we master perfectly. But where we shine is in the compact and dense multi-deep storage with a fully automated system.
These automated high-bay warehouses create a particularly large amount of capacity in a minimal and highly constrained footprint, close to the production lines. Where storage capacity is needed organically in the supply chain, automated high-bay technology with deep storage channels is often the ideal solution.
Efficient, fully automated high-bay warehouses can be a game changer for any production, because they bundle logistics and processes for all batch sizes, stabilize supply chains, absorb market fluctuations, increase throughput, and minimize expensive set-up times. A fully automated high-bay warehouse from Westfalia is particularly economical, durable and requires fewer aisles and vehicles. This makes it energy efficient and low maintenance.
The centerpiece is our Satellite® load handling device, which is adapted to the customer-specific requirements for automated high-bay warehouses. Just like the storage and retrieval machine equipped with it. Since its introduction in 1983, we have used it to solve the core challenges of the food, beverage, and packaging industries. The technology is now proven in many other industries, including automotive, building materials, chemicals, printing, electronics, logistics, metals, pharmaceuticals, and automated parking systems.
The second major strength is the "pillars" on which an automated storage system is built: Our highly reliable, robust storage and retrieval machines ("SRMs") with low approach dimensions and storage heights of up to 45 meters and more. They score with fast approach speeds, maximum accuracy through laser distance measurement, and camera-based bin fine positioning.
State-of-the-art control solutions with drive converters, intermediate circuit coupling, energy recovery and energy storage make them energy-efficient 24/7 hard workers with single, pair, triple or quadruple transport that can replace entire fleets of forklifts. As an entrepreneur, you can store your goods up to the roof, even between hall trusses.
The third major strength of our high-bay storage systems is the multiple support of load carriers by special profiles in the storage channels. This minimizes wear and tear, the need for new pallets and the risk of storage downtime because load carriers can no longer bend or get stuck in the storage channel. We are the only provider of the shared satellite® needed for this.
An automated high-bay warehouse from Westfalia shines with its conveyor technology, which automates even the most complex material flow in a customer-specific and compact manner. The fourth advantage! Here, too, we pull out all the stops and use a broad arsenal of proven technologies for transfer cars, vertical conveyors, chain and roller conveyors, corner transfers and turntables, pallet magazines, and loading and unloading systems.
We also manufacture many of the aggregates ourselves. Depending on the requirements, we ensure fast storage and retrieval, buffering and seamless handover of loading units. Always tailored to you. Always performant.
The fifth and today often decisive USP of our systems is our own Warehouse Execution System for material flow control and warehouse management: Savanna.NET®. Instead of multiple, isolated solutions, we offer software that easily manages your entire storage system and seamlessly connects to your ERP system. That integrates into any virtual environment. And that is scalable to meet your needs.
The intuitive user interface puts all warehouse operations in front of your staff, whether on the desktop, mobile device, forklift, or handheld terminal in the field. You and your customers know the load, location, and pick date of every pallet before it goes into storage. And we have valuable and complete data to make your intralogistics a little bit better every day.
Strength number 6: We do everything ourselves, including the PLC and the necessary IT infrastructure. From initial consultation and commissioning to dedicated system support and rapid response in the event of a fault. As a general contractor, we not only take care of the complete implementation, including high racks, walls and roof, fire protection, high-speed doors, lighting, or air conditioning. We also take responsibility, from start to finish.
Discover the potential of your warehouse
Automation, digitalization and sustainability are more than just buzzwords. By automating your warehouse logistics as a central component of your supply chain, you can see the return on investment firsthand. You can meet consumer demands for on-time delivery, quality, production visibility, supply chain transparency, and greater environmental responsibility.
They speed up production and make it more flexible, reduce storage and production costs. You reduce the workload on your staff, so a potential shortage of skilled workers will not slow your growth. And they make an important contribution to climate protection and your company's sustainability goals: by bundling your logistics, with fewer complaints and returns, fewer process errors, and fewer truck miles. By reducing energy costs in your warehouse. With long system uptime and high system availability.
With us, you can automate your warehouse logistics step by step, economically and with a sense of proportion. That way, your material flow keeps pace with your business goals. We look forward to your questions and are happy to advise you.
