Paul Vahle GmbH & Co. KG

Space-saving and high-performance solutions for your high-bay warehouse

Automated storage and retrieval machines (AS/RS) require fast, reliable and compact conductor rail systems for optimum performance. The vCONDUCTOR product range from VAHLE includes many solutions that are specially tailored to the requirements of common warehouse applications. VAHLE offers you a pioneering technology in the field of vPOWER contactless energy transmission. vPOS positioning systems round off the overall system for your storage and retrieval machines.

Challenges

• Increasing throughput volumes require maximum performance
• The travel speeds of SRMs are constantly increasing
• Increasing article variety means there is less and less space available for the RGBs
• 24/7 availability does not allow long downtimes or standstill times
• Extreme ambient conditions, e.g. in deep-freeze warehouses (down to -30 °C)

Solutions

vCONDUCTOR | Compact conductor rails

• Compact design - for minimum installation space
• Simple installation - suspension distances of up to 4.5 m, so no additional support structures required
• Multifunctional - up to 10 poles, also for transmitting control currents

vPOS | Positioning systems

• Simple - easy implementation of positioning systems
• Precise - positioning accurate to the millimeter
• Protest-proof - absolute positions even after voltage drop or system restart

vCOM | Data transmission systems

• Safe - no interference to and from other radio/WLAN systems (HF-tight)
• High transmission rate - up to 100 Mbit/s | fast & consistent cycle time | PROFIsafe
• Fast commissioning - plug & play (no parameterization)