De Cromvoirtse, a Netherlands-based steel stockholder and contract manufacturer of small batches of semi-finished sheet metal components, has invested in two interlinked, automated storage systems from Kasto and connected them to three sheet metal laser cutting machines to help speed deliveries. The Uniline store and Unitower B ensure fast, accurate, …
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At its distribution centre in Perth, Western Australia, steel producer and wholesaler OneSteel Metalcentre, part of Arrium Mining & Materials Group, stocks approximately 8,000 tonnes of different types of material for supply to its branches and customers, including construction companies, shipyards and plant manufacturers. To streamline the handling and management …
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Metal sawing and storage equipment manufacturer, KASTO, has introduced a new tower to provide a compact, standardised solution for automated storage and retrieval of pallets and flat material. Advantages of the system, called KASTOecostore, are its low space requirement, high storage density, short material access times and value for money. …
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Rising electricity costs are creating a demand for energy-efficient solutions in every industry, logistics and distribution being no exception. So KASTO has developed an innovative energy recovery and storage system for its German-built industrial warehouses, used globally for automated storage and retrieval of bar, tube, sheet, plate and other materials. …
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High-performance engineering steel is stored safely and picked more efficiently at Oldbury-based Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) since it invested £3 million in an automated KASTO UNICOMPACT warehouse and a further £1 million in other site improvements. The computer-controlled storage and retrieval system became operational in the first quarter of 2016, having been …
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Order based variant manufacturing of a modular mounting box series, batch size 1 – how Striebel & John GmbH & Co. KG safeguards the flexibility and high efficiency of its mounting box production with a high degree of automation and a KASTO sheet metal storage system Processing about 9,500 tonnes …
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The optimum storage of materials is very important in the metal construction and trading industries and in processing centres. A storage system should use as little valuable space as possible, provide all products quickly, efficiently and without errors, be simple and intuitive to operate, and connect seamlessly to other logistics …
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The sawing technology specialist KASTO is extending its product portfolio: The KASTOwin F 10.6 fully automatic band sawing machine is now available with a moveable material support table. This makes it possible to feed in and position heavy, bulky stock such as ingots, large tools or offset shafts easily and …
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