A working model of an automated storage and retrieval system

• Main Authors: Escario, John Gregory, Lazatin, Claudelle, Sulit, Frederick
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1992
• Subjects: Materials handling > Automation; Materials handling equipment industry; Materials management; Design; Industrial
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_honors/330
• Institution: De La Salle University

The area of material handling presents various opportunities for automation. From material transport to sorting to storage, the benefits of automation may well give a company the competitive edge. Of all the material handling functions, material storage has shown the least advancement. The subject of this research is a student prototype of an Automated Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS). This computer controlled system uses a mechanical loader to transport materials to or from their storage compartments. The basically the AS/RS is composed of the storage rack, and a Storage/Retrieval (S/R) machine. The rack itself can hold up to twelve individual loads each weighing 40 kgs. The S/R machine is capable an actual horizontal speed of 44 ft./min and a vertical speed at 45 ft./min. The system is controlled by an IBM PC/AT compatible via direct access to its parallel port.