anyseals Chooses AutoStore To Optimize Their Warehouse in Brecksville, Ohio

anyseals is a leading global and U.S. wholesale sealing supplier that operates logistics hubs in both the USA and Belgium, providing a high level of service to their distribution customers with capabilities for just in time delivery, custom labeling, bar coding and kitting programs. anyseals was founded in 2005 and is part of the Angst +Pfister Group network.

With the goal of handling the accelerated growth and improving efficiencies in their main U.S. facility in Brecksville, Ohio (near Cleveland), anyseals was looking for an automated warehouse solution to replace their manual picking process that uses static shelving, carts and reach equipment. The anyseals assortment encompasses more than 65’000 standard seals in many different materials ranging from o-rings to rotary and linear hydraulic seals sold from stock. The new solution was required to provide maximized use of the available space to enable anyseals manage their large SKU counts more efficiently in their existing facility. Furthermore, the solution needed to be capable of expanding in the future with the growth of their business, without interrupting the use of the automation during an expansion project. Meeting all these requirements, the company decided to implement the high-density storage and retrieval solution AutoStore.

A tailor-made solution

In the first stage, the AutoStore system in Brecksville will contain 20,000 storage bins.
10 AutoStore R5 robots will sort, carry and deliver bins to 4 carousel ports serving as workstations for picking and replenishment. The ports will be linked directly to light goods conveyors, delivering to two pack out stations. Due to the modular design of AutoStore, performance and storage capacity can be expanded at any time, without impacting ongoing operations.

“We chose Kardex as a partner for this AutoStore project based on the team’s experience including implementing projects for companies with similar products and customer demands.” says Toby Rose, President at anyseals. “Furthermore, their collaborative approach with both our U.S. and global stakeholders was something that really made the Kardex team stand out.”

A compact system that can grow with your business

AutoStore is a fully automated and intelligent goods-to-person storage and retrieval system offering industry leading product storage density. Bins are stacked vertically in a grid and retrieved by intelligent, battery-powered vehicles that travel on top of the grid system, sorting, carrying and delivering bins to the respective workstations (ports), where a variety of warehouse operations can be performed (picking, replenishment, inventory control, etc.). The flexible, tailor-made system fits even the most unusually shaped facilities, allowing the grid to be placed around columns, on mezzanines and on multiple levels. The bins are stacked neatly on top of each other in a condensed grid-style system, increasing storage capacity up to four times and performance up to 10 times that of traditional storage methods. AutoStore can easily adapt to changing order fulfillment requirements through a flexible configuration of the robots, ports and quantity of bin locations.

Kardex社について

Kardex社は、自動入出庫およびマテリアルハンドリングシステムを提供するイントラロジスティックスソリューションのリーディングカンパニーです。Kardex RemstarとKardex Mlogという2つの起業家的経営部門で構成されています。Kardex社の使命は、商品や材料の保管と取り扱いの効率性を高めるソリューションとサービスを世界規模で提供することです。

この2つの部門は、顧客の製品やソリューションのライフサイクル全体にわたってパートナーとしての役割を果たします。プロジェクトの分析から実現、そしてサービスまで、Kardex社は、あらゆる段階で顧客のパフォーマンス向上を支援します。Kardex社は、自社の生産工場をドイツに3つ、北米に1つ有しており、品質の高いソリューションを提供しています。Kardex社は、技術革新と優れた顧客ロイヤルティにおける自社の競争優位性を維持および強化するため、研究開発、サプライチェーン、サービス組織の拡大、さらには買収による新テクノロジーの獲得に投資しています。Kardex社は、AutoStore、Rocket Solution社、Robomotive社、Intertex社、Sumobox社など、Kardex社と同じ価値観を共有し、Kardex社のソリューションを補完するグローバルリーダーと積極的に提携しています。

Kardex employs 2,000 team members across 30 countries and has installed over 140,000 industry-specific solutions worldwide.

For more information visit: AutoStore | Kardex