CASE / ABB

ABB re-designs their FlexQube carts to improve efficiency

ABB totally changed some of their existing shelf carts to make their delivery process more simple.

Challenge

The existing FlexQube carts no longer matched the delivery process for their materials. ABB wanted to simplify their transportation process by using more of the same designs throughout the tugger train.

Achievement

FlexQube was able to take back their existing shelf carts which originally had tow bars and re-design them into pallet dolly's to standardize their delivery process.

Solution

FlexQube re-designed the existing shelf carts for ABB and delivered them back alongside the LiftRunner euro size B-Frame. This allowed ABB to simplify their delivery process and improve the loading and unloading process for the carts. Because the LiftRunner B-frames allow loading and unloading from both sides of the tugger train.

Time to simplify the delivery process

ABB had been using standard tongue and hitch tugger trains to deliver materials throughout their facility. They noticed that trying to integrate shelf carts and pallet dollies into the same train hadn’t brought the desired efficiency improvements. Because ABB was already using FlexQube shelf carts, the option to re-designing and re-building the carts was an easy decision to make.

The FlexQube concept lets ABB re-design their carts

The Loading & Unloading

To solve the issue of loading and unloading, it was decided to move away from a standard tongue and hitch tugger train system. Working alongside FlexQube, the LiftRunner frames were highlighted as an option to improve loading times. The FlexQube concept made this much easier as well because our concept allows for our carts to have tow bars removed retroactively.

In the end, the LiftRunner Euro B-Frame was chosen. Because of its ability to load and unload from both sides of the tugger train. This made designing the tugger train routes and actual delivery much more straightforward. To go alongside the frames, the original shelf carts were re-designed into pallet dollies with an attached steel flat deck.