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Tires on pallets – a thing of the past

Tires on pallets – a thing of the past

View original at www.tiretechnologyinternational.com

The top 20 tire producers manufacture a combined 1.5 billion units a year. This means a lot of space, time and manpower is dedicated to the storage, movement and delivery of each tire. Due to the evolution of digital technology, this is an area of the industry ready for a complete overhaul, and where tire manufacturers have the opportunity to make significant savings. Historically tire movement and storage has almost always been carried out utilizing pallets, but in the modern world of digital technology and intelligent warehousing systems, palletizing is seen as inefficient, costly in terms of capital investment and a safety hazard. Add to that the fact that it’s also not good for the environment. Finnish company Pesmel has developed a special smart warehousing system for the tire industry that is revolutionizing movement and storage of individual units. It is also being proven to save millions on investment in palletizing equipment and labor costs in tire plant warehousing. Pesmel CEO Tony Leikas says, “The tire industry has generally seen palletization as the only solution for its warehousing and internal logistics needs. After looking closely at various plants around the world, and with our successful projects in other industries, it is clear to us at Pesmel that this is an area of the industry that could be much more efficient and run in a much safer and cost effective way.” Simplified operations Pesmel has developed a unique concept coined Material Flow How, which uses only four components to fully automate internal logistics and storage. The idea behind the concept is to arrange production and material flows so that production efficiency is maximized and the need for equipment minimized. In fact the Material Flow How concept only uses four components: a conveyor system, racking, stacker crane(s) and robots. For the […]

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