what are automated loading systems?

Automated loading systems are built to speed up a standard process that happens in every production and warehousing location. Typically, the forklift process of loading a full trailer will be around 30-45 minutes. Joloda Hydraroll’s automated loading systems can do it in under 5 minutes. A complete loading and unloading process entails one or more auto-loading docks and unloading docks, and a dedicated system trailer. Once connected to an existing conveyor infrastructure, or integrated with AGVs, the complete loading procedure can be de-manned – also known as 100% end-of-line automation.

Sustainable Logistics the benefits of sustainable logistics Automated loading systems can significantly reduce the amount of Co2 your business generates. By automating and streamlining your business's logistics operations with the use of our automated loading systems, we can help you to reduce your own emissions and operate in an eco-friendlier way. Our automated loading solutions, which are handy when you're dealing with lots of pallets, lighten the load by removing the need for forklift trucks. At the same time, they lower your emissions by eliminating this need; and, depending on how you power your forklift trucks, this reduces your own fuel consumption (and costs). Automation also reduces product damage, which translates into less waste. Learn more about The Benefits of Sustainable Logistics, here. Learn More

The automation requirements, aimed at efficiency and potential cross contamination reduction in the loading / unloading area of freeze dryers, have evolved to the point that most new facilities already feature systems designed to be perfectly integrated to the filling line as well as the freeze-drying equipment. The Dara Pharma Group provides distinctive, integral solutions thanks to the overall design and integration of complete filling and freeze-drying lines at the Dara plant. The Dara Pharma Group offers a wide range of systems that can operate depending on the needs of each client and selected application.

On the other hand, if you merely want to load goods onto the trucks automatically, there are, in this case, systems that don’t require you to change any aspect of the vehicles. These solutions, however, are less common and more complex. They can include, for instance, an arm that loads, lifts, and inserts the pallets into the truck or an automatic transfer car that moves along the various loading docks.

The loading docks are a vital part of any distribution center. The more docks an installation has, the greater the goods flows or, in other words, the number of trucks that enter and leave the warehouse. As a rule, it usually takes about 30 minutes to unload a truck manually, depending on the type of products and their weight. Automating this operation could cut this time to under 10 minutes.

Transfer Carts Regardless whether manual, semi-automatic or automatic loading systems are chosen, it is necessary to evaluate how to transfer the product towards the freeze-drying area in a quick and safe manner. Some facilities install fixed transport systems where vials are guided individually, but in case the filling line does not allow fixed installations, other systems are required that will allow to transfer vials and already loaded shelves under laminar flow. These carts can be fixed to both the filling line and the freeze dryer, for loading and unloading operation, using different technologies: Manual loading and transport cart. Semi-automatic loading cart and manual transport. Automatic loading cart and manual transport. One-shelf loading cart and automatic transport for multiple PUSH-IN / PULL-OUT freeze dryers.

Working with an automated loading system brings with it many advantages for your business. It gives you an opportunity to increase efficiency, enhance worker safety, make room for flexibility and add savings.