Dürkopp Fördertechnik has been awarded a further contract by ACS Limited, Europe’s largest formal dress hire group. Durkopp has already installed a near €2 million sortation system using its Roll Adapter technology at the firm’s new distribution centre in Lanarkshire where more than one million hire garments are stored.
Now automation will be further enhanced with the addition of a €135,000 induction system and adapter bunker. This will reduce the time needed to load clothing and accessory items onto the system, increase storage capacity and enable the condition of adapters to be checked automatically. Any that are found to be damaged are removed so that maintenance work can be carried out. This latest installation is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013.
Anthony Burns, Operations Manager at ACS, said: "Following the successful installation and commissioning of the Phase 1 Duerkopp GOH* automation system, which has greatly improved our efficiency and working practices, we have decided to invest in further automation from Duerkopp. We have ordered phase two of the design which will additonally improve and streamline our operation.“
Dürkopp, the market leader in the provision of garment conveying and sortation equipment, was awarded the initial contract in November 2012. Their system enables ACS to track individual garments using RFID technology. Garments being returned from hire can be put into either static storage or dynamic storage for popular items that need a quick turnaround. Any garment can be retrieved automatically from the dynamic storage section for delivery to the three-stage sorter within one hour of the order appearing on the Warehouse Management System (WMS).
* Garments On Hangers
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