Kris De Leeneer (KDL), a Belgian third-party logistics (3PL) supplier, has installed a Movu Robotics atlas pallet shuttle system that has the capacity to manage up to 11,000 pallet movements a week. 

Movu says the automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) is the first atlas system the company has supplied to the 3PL market.

The system comprises a 28 m high atlas rack of ten levels, with a footprint of 60 m by 100 m to accommodate the 45,000 locations. 

Pallets are moved and organised within the rack on a fleet of 20 Movu atlas pallet shuttles. 

These self-powered robotic carriers transport pallets on the rails of the rack’s storage lanes, where the pallets are housed, and on the rails of the main lane that runs across the storage lanes. 

Movu WES software manages the shuttle tra?c within the rack, issuing orders from KDL’s warehouse management system. 

Movu has also provided an app that allows authorised operators to control the system from their smart phones.

KDL chief executive officer Kris De Leeneer says: “Having made the decision to introduce automation into our new distribution centre, and after looking at other solutions, we were attracted to the flexibility offered by Movu’s atlas system. 

“It allowed us to optimise floor space as well as to handle more pallets than we ever could manually. 

“Furthermore, atlas is an efficient and scaleable automated warehousing solution that can adapt to our requirements due to its modularity and the ability to add shuttles as required.”