Cimcorp Introduces 3D Shuttle At ProMat 2015

GRIMSBY, Ontario — Cimcorp Automation Ltd. (Cimcorp), a manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic gantry-based order fulfillment and tire handling solutions, introduces the CIMCORP 3D Shuttle at ProMat 2015. The MHI Innovation Award finalist for Best New Innovation is an automatic storage and retrieval solution (AS/RS) for goods-to-man order picking. It uses proven gantry robot technology integrated with an innovative shuttle device to store and retrieve goods in plastic crates, totes, bins and containers. 

Cimcorp will hold a press conference during ProMat 2015 on Mon., March 23, 2015 at 2 p.m. CST to introduce the 3D Shuttle. Executives will also demonstrate the 3D Shuttle at booth 4237 throughout the show, March 23-26, 2015, at Chicago's McCormick Place – South.

Doug Pickard, president, North America, Cimcorp, said, “The North American market is second only to the Asia-Pacific in e-commerce and is expected to command close to $540 billion in sales in 2015. With the CIMCORP 3D Shuttle, the workers’ traditionally laborious task of walking to each storage location to pick individual orders is eliminated. This arms distribution centers and warehouses with a vital tool to increase productivity and effectively serve the rapidly growing e-commerce market.”

When a particular SKU is required to fulfill an order, the robot gantry retrieves the corresponding tote and deposits it onto the shuttle device. The shuttle travels along the gantry and transports the tote to a conveyor line that feeds the picking stations. Once picking from a tote is complete, it is conveyed back to its location within the storage area. (Video)

Kai Tuomisaari, vice president, sales and project, Cimcorp Oy, said, “The CIMCORP 3D Shuttle offers an unrivalled efficiency that moves up to 1,000 totes per hour. It is cost- and space-efficient, and allows warehouses to retrieve any tote in a storage area with one, fast, fluid movement.”

The CIMCORP 3D Shuttle is suitable for a wide variety of applications in retail, foodservice and e-commerce distribution for which a large number of SKUs are handled or individual orders must be picked. Third-party resellers in particular demand rapid order fulfillment from high SKU counts. The system optimizes space utilization by stacking mixed SKUs directly on the floor and improves efficiency for goods-to-man order picking by quickly and accurately pulling individual totes from a storage area.

About Cimcorp Automation Limited
Cimcorp Automation Ltd. (Cimcorp), formerly RMT Robotics Ltd., is a manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic gantry-based order fulfillment and tire handling solutions. Designed to reduce operating costs, ensure traceability, and improve accuracy and efficiency, these solutions are used within manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and warehouses around the world. Based in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, Cimcorp Automation Ltd. is a subsidiary of Cimcorp Oy of Finland, which is wholly owned by Murata Machinery Ltd. (Muratec), a Japan-based manufacturer of factory and office automation. Combined, these companies have delivered more than 8,000 systems to automotive, food and beverage, e-commerce, consumer goods and postal services customers across five continents. For more information, visit www.cimcorp.com.

Source: Cimcorp Automation Limited