Fully automated goods to man solution

“The market is moving towards standardised fully automated solutions, making setting focus on automation a natural step for us. Compact Dynamic is our first fully automated goods to man solution, which will respond to the demands of the industry and the rest of the world for efficiency and faster delivery times,” said Björn Karlsson, from Weland Solutions.

Weland Solutions is investing in fully automated solutions that speak the same language as robotic systems. Five years ago the company was a supplier of standard products. Since then, it has increased supply of customised solutions by 20% per year. Those solutions are now being standardised. The company has been a long-time supplier to Siemens, Atlas Copco, Rolls Royce, Jaguar and Landrover who work with fully automated robotic solutions and want to integrate vertical storage lifts into their complete solution. Automation as a business area is growing and naturally gets more focus for us.

The result of one year's intensive work at Weland Solutions' development department is a new fully automatic goods to man solution. The big difference with Compact Dynamic compared to its vertical storage lifts is that it goes from semi-automation to full automation. The goods to man solution means that the product comes to you instead of you going to a storage lift and getting the product.

The big gains are efficiency, picking speed and space saving. These benefit companies in, for example, e-commerce. Consumer demands for faster deliveries are also increasing every day, which requires fully automated solutions, where Compact Dynamic can be useful. The advantages are that Compact Dynamic can be adapted in height, width, and depth to best fit the customer's premises. The storage locations are also flexible. Weland Solutions also have very high availability for all storage locations, which is unique for goods to man solutions.

In the summer of 2019, the first delivery of Compact Dynamic will take place at Axelent in Hillerstorp. The company develops, produces, stores and packs safety components for machinery, construction, storage and cable trays.

Karlsson added: “Axelent offers security, speed and smart solutions for the industry. We are very pleased that Compact Dynamic will be implemented in the highest division in a large international company such as Axelent.”