Vertical Lift Module

Why expand your warehouse if you don’t need to?

Acquiring new space or constructing new warehouses is a costly, time consuming venture. Vertical Lift Modules (VLM’s) offer an opportunity to expand your storage capacity without changing your facility situation. VLMs utilize the vertical space in your facility by taking storage all the way to your ceiling height.

The unused overhead space in many facilities often requires an expansion of square footage to meet the growing needs of the business. However, a Vertical Lift Module (VLM) offers expanded storage space while occupying much less floor space. VLMs save space by using a series of trays in a vertical column that are accessed by an extractor and delivered to an operator at an ergonomic height workstation.

Vertical Lift Module Benefits:

  • Greatly improve order picking efficiency by bringing goods to the person, reducing travel time in the warehouse.
  • Increase picking accuracy significantly with visual picking aids such as a laser pointer that directs the operator to the object to be picked.
  • Recover up to 90% of your valuable floor space by creating thousands of square feet of storage in a footprint of 90 – 150 square feet.
  • Inventory management becomes effortless with software designed to track everything inside your VLM.
  • Increased safety is achieved by eliminating the need for stair ladders or hard-to-reach shelving. The workstation’s ergonomic design ensures that products are delivered at the ideal height for operators.
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Customization

Many aspects of a new Vertical Lift Module can be customized to fit your purposes and facility, including Internal and External Bays.

Internal Bays are best for limited floor space applications. External Bays are best for larger, heavier, or unique shaped items. It allows the tray to be delivered even further outside the machine. This allows space for an overhead crane, or any other lifting device to be used to move objects in and out of the tray.

Pictured below are the Internal and External Bay features of a new VLM.

Single Tray Delivery vs. Dual Tray Delivery

Dual tray delivery is an exciting feature that can significantly increase tray throughput and overall order picking speed. With the dual tray delivery feature, the extractor retrieves the next tray needed from within the machine while an operator is picking from the tray currently outside the machine. The video below shows how much faster the dual tray delivery system is compared to a traditional single tray delivery VLM system.

Modula Vertical Lift Module Specs at a Glance:

  • Height: 10’-10” up to 52’-10”
  • Width: 75” to 178”
  • Tray Sizes:
    • Width: 59” to 161”
    • Depth: 25.75” or 33.74”
  • Weight Capacities:
    • 551 lbs.
    • 1,102 lbs.
    • 1,653 lbs.
    • 2,182 lbs.

Up to 3 workstation bays, front, back, multiple levels.