UNIT LOAD RETRIEVAL

EQUIPMENT
Ramos | Razo | Recalde
They are distinguished from one another by
their:
✓ Degree of Automation
✓ Capital Expense
✓ Lift-height Capacity
✓ Aisle Width Requirements.
 WALKIE STALKERS
Extends the lifting capability of the pallet jack to allow unit
loads to be stacked or placed in storage racks

TYPES:
✓ Straddle type – straddles the load with its outriggers
✓ Reach type – uses a pantograph or scissor devices to
allow the load to be retrieved from and placed in
storage.
 WALKIE STALKERS
Appropriate when there is low throughput, short travel
distances, low vertical storage height and low cost solution
is desired.
COUNTERBALANCE LIFT
TRUCKS
The workhorse of material handling; Usually referred to as
fork truck, however not all designs use fork for lifting.

POWER SOURCE:
✓ Battery Operated (BP)
✓ Internal Combustion Engine (which can use gasoline,
propane or diesel fuel)
COUNTERBALANCE LIFT
TRUCKS
Tires used can either be cushion (CT) for indoor operations
or pneumatic (PT) for outdoor operations;

LOAD-CARRYING 1,000 to
CAPABILITY 100,000 lbs.
 ATTACHMENTS OF
COUNTERBALANCE LIFT TRUCKS
Side Shifter
Load push/pull attachment
Cinder block attachment
Carton clamp
Paper roll clamp
Ram attachment
NARROW-AISLE VEHICLES
Designed to operate in space-efficient storage aisles 5-9
feet wide and 25-60 feet tall

EQUIPMENT TYPES
Straddle Truck
Straddle-Reach Truck
Sideloader Truck
Turret Truck
Hybrid Truck
 STRADDLE TRUCK
Often used in warehouses where space is scarce and
excessively expensive. To access loads in storage, the
outriggers are driven into the rack, allowing forks to come
flush with the pallet face
STRADDLE-REACH TRUCK
Developed from the conventional straddle rack by
shortening outriggers on the straddle rack and providing
reach capability.
 TYPES OF STRADDLE-
REACH TRUCK
✓ Mast-reach Design – consists of a pantograph or scissors
mounted on a mast.
✓ Double-deep-reach truck – allows the forks to be
extended to a depth that permits loads to be stored to
deep
 SIDELOADER TRUCK
Loads and unload from one side, thus, eliminating the
need to turn in the aisle to access storage rooms.
 SIDELOADER TRUCK
Two basic designs: either the mast moves on a set of tracks
traversely across the vehicle, or the forks project from a
fixed mast on a pantograph.
 SIDELOADER TRUCK
Typical aisle would be 5-7 feet wide, rail or wire guarded
and can access loads up to 30 feet high.
 TURRET TRUCK
Does not require the vehicle to make a turn within the aisle
to store or retrieve a pallet. Rather, the load is lifted by
forks that swing on the mast, a mast that swings from the
vehicle or a shuttle fork mechanism
 TURRET TRUCK
Typical aisle would be 5-7 feet wide and load position at
heights up to 40 feet, in which both parameters provides
the opportunity to increase storage density where floor
space is limited.
 NARROW-AISLE SIDE-
REACH TTRUCKS
Have good maneuverability outside the aisle and some of
the designs with telescoping masts may be driven into a
shipping trailer.
 HYBRID TRUCK
Similar to a turret truck, except the operator’s cab is lifted
with the load. Unlike S/R machine, it is not captive to an
aisle but may leave one aisle and enter another.
 HYBRID TRUCK
Operate in aisle width ranging from 5-7 feet, allows rack
storage up to 60 feet high in a rack-supported building,
and may include an enclosed operator’s cab, which may
be heated and/or airconditioned.
AUTOMATED STORAGE AND
RETRIEVAL MACHINES
A storage system that uses fixed-path storage and retrieval
(S/R) machines running on one or more rails between fixed
arrays of storage racks.
AUTOMATED STORAGE AND
RETRIEVAL MACHINES
Handles load in excess of 1,000 lbs. and is used for raw
material, work-in-process and finished goods.
SINGLE COMMAND (SC) OPERATION
Transporting the load
to an empty location

Picking up a load in Depositing the load

front of the system in the empty location

Returning empty to
the input/output (I/O)
point
DUAL COMMAND (DC) OPERATION
Picking up load at Traveling loaded to
Depositing the load
the I/O point an empty location

Traveling empty to
Traveling loaded to Picking up the load the location of the
the I/O point
desired retrieval

Depositing the load

AUTOMATED STORAGE AND
RETRIEVAL MACHINES
A unique feature of the S/R machine travel is that vertical
and horizontal travel occur simultaneously. Horizontal
speeds are up to 600 feet per minute; vertical are 150 feet
per minute
When the variety of loads stored in the system is relatively
low, throughput requirements are moderate to high, and
the number of loads to be stored is high, it is often
beneficial to store loads more than one deep in the rack.
 ALTERNATIVE
CONFIGURATIONS
Double-deep storage with single-load-width aisles
Double-deep storage with double-load-width aisles
Deep-lane storage with single-load-width aisles
Rack-entry module (REM) systems
Twin-shuttle systems
Multiple S/R machines operating within the same aisle
DOUBLE-DEEP STORAGE WITH
SINGLE-LOAD-WIDTH AISLES
Loads of the same stock-keeping unit (SKU) are typically
stored in the same location
DOUBLE-DEEP STORAGE WITH
DOUBLE-LOAD-WIDTH AISLES
The S/R machine carries two loads at a time and inserts
them simultaneously into the double-deep cubicle.
 DEEP-LANE STORAGE WITH
SINGLE-LOAD-WIDTH AISLES
An S/R machine dedicated to storing materials into the
lanes on either side of the aisles. The lanes may hold up to
10 loads each.
RACK-ENTRY MODULE (REM)
Moves into the rack system and places/receives loads
onto/from special rails in the rack.
 TWIN-SHUTTLE SYSTEMS
The S/R machine is equipped with two shuttle tables and is
capable of handling two unit loads per trip.
MULTIPLE S/R MACHINES OPERATING
WITHIN THE SAME AISLE
Used simultaneously to achieve high throughput and
storage density
 TRANSFER CARS
Used to transport S/R machines between aisles.
NUMBER & LOCATION OF I/O POINTS
Multiple I/O points might be used to separate inbound and
outbound loads and/or provide additional throughput
capacity.