A gigantic new plant is being built on an area of over 200,000 square meters. As part of the whole, they relied on storage systems from SYSTRAPLAN to automatically pick panels for the furniture production according to the customer order.

After months of preparatory work in production, design and planning, the result is put to the test during assembly. Because even though the machines and systems are large and massive, in the end it all comes down to just a few millimetres. 

Transport and handling systems have proven themselves in the production of lightweight panels

Herford (Germany), where SYSTRAPLAN GmbH & Co. KG has been developing and building individual material flow and storage technology for over 40 years. The proven systems and solutions from Herford are mostly used for handling in production, storage and order picking of flat materials, such as lightweight panels.

Storage of a wide variety of materials, extreme loads, and dimensions

Entire stacks are stored and retrieved by the automatic storage and retrieval system. Optionally, telescopic suction arms pick individual parts from the stack according to the order. The up taking devices adapt to a wide variety of materials and panel dimensions.

For cleaning the longitudinal and cross edges of workpieces from protruding melamine paper

After the coating process, the board must be cleaned of the protruding décor paper. This is where SYSTRAPLAN's 4-sided edge cleaning system comes into use.