Recently, Conveyor Handling Company (CHC) provided its end-user Distribution Management Group (DMG) with a new distribution center in Cranberry, New Jersey, USA with a modular material handling system. The core of the solution is Interroll’s advanced cross-belt sorter, which helps reduce power costs, simplify maintenance procedures, and make product packaging and distribution more efficient.
CHC is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1975, they have provided a series of impressive solutions for customers in many industries such as manufacturing enterprises, e-commerce and retailers, healthcare and clothing manufacturers, and their specific work includes sales, service and design. Its main projects in the past include: cross-belt sorting system, turnkey conveyor and rack installation, automatic storage and picking system, multi-layer transportation channel, and even modular workshops and attic racks.
Despite its deep expertise, CHC has recently encountered a new challenge. One of its long-term clients, Distribution Management Group (DMG), is preparing to open a new factory in Cranberry, New Jersey, USA. As a third-party logistics company, DMG is responsible for the sorting, packaging and transportation of products for its customers in the shoe manufacturing industry. Therefore, the material handling equipment requires the effective processing and transportation of 100 shoe boxes per minute.
Interroll solutions bring new breakthroughs
Technically speaking, this is not an impossible task, but the method used has greatly exceeded DMG’s expectations.
Rich Rittermann, CHC’s vice president of operations, explained: “DMG originally wanted us to design a distribution center based on its existing model. In this case, employees need to push carts to walk around each aisle and pick shoes; After it is full, the carts are sent to the central sorting area, and then other workers remove the boxes from different carts, and pack them one by one according to the content of the order. There is no problem with this process, but a large number of them are involved. Human labor, based on the order volume predicted by DMG, the entire work process will eventually become difficult to manage. Under my suggestion, DMG finally decided to adopt an automatic sorting system.”
Rittermann has a certain understanding of this system, but the amount of products that need to be processed this time is huge, and there are hundreds of color, size, and style combinations that need to be considered. Therefore, he consulted the Interroll team. The Interroll team told Rittermann that they are optimizing a shoe distribution center in Mexico. Both parties believe that Interroll horizontal cross-belt sorter is an ideal solution.
Reliable, energy-saving and easy to maintain
The traditional cross-belt sorter requires a motor on each conveyor belt to move the goods to the appropriate chute, while Interroll’s solution uses pneumatic plates and drive wheel devices, thereby reducing power costs and simplifying Maintenance work improves reliability. This gentle transportation method also allows Interroll Crossbelt Sorter to transport products that require careful handling, such as eggs and yogurt, while also being sufficient for the transportation of heavy materials, such as bagged grain or animal feed. .
This system combines intelligence and accuracy, and can automatically recycle “no reading” or overloaded products. This is particularly important in the Electronic retail industry, because the system demand is difficult to predict and the return rate of customers is relatively higher. In addition, Interroll’s horizontal cross-belt sorter can also make reasonable use of the floor space. Its compact modular design is easy to reassemble according to changing needs. In this case, the Interroll conveyor is designed as a double-layer, enabling it to maximize the system throughput without increasing the footprint.
Give full play to expertise, work closely together, and seek a win-win situation
Rittermann said: “I am very satisfied with the cooperation between Interroll, DMG and CHC installation team and project manager. For customers, this project has brought a very big improvement to their business. At present, DMG uses This system can achieve shipments of 15,000 to 30,000 pairs of shoes per day, and still has more production capacity. At the beginning of the project, DMG put forward the demand for more efficient and faster equipment, hoping to The shoes are sorted and delivered on the same day, and the system provided by CHC perfectly meets this requirement.”
John Roca, Vice President of DMG, said: “CHC continues to provide high-value, high-quality conveyors, racks and material handling equipment for our multiple logistics distribution centers in New Jersey. In fact, CHC has become a DMG conveyor system. , Sorter, material handling equipment and integration. CHC has a skilled team, able to provide customers with practical solutions and reliable equipment, which is also the basis of their work. In addition, they It also provides a fairly complete after-sales service.”
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