Steel Company Installs
High Density Storage System
At its distribution centre in Perth, Western Australia, steel
producer and wholesaler OneSteel Metalcentre, part of
Arrium Mining & Materials Group, stocks approximately
8,000 tonnes of different types of material for supply to its
branches and customers, including construction companies,
shipyards and plant manufacturers. To streamline the
handling and management of its extensive range of bar
and tube, the company has invested in a Unicompact
honeycomb storage system from German manufacturer
Kasto.
Andrew Cosgrove, National Operations
Manager at OneSteel explained, “We deliver a
wide range of types and quantities of material,
often just-in-time. The automated warehouse
provides rapid access and continuous
traceability of our stock, giving us the
transparent, efficient storage that is crucial to
our operation.”
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The Unicompact at OneSteel has 2,272 cassette
locations, each of which can accommodate five
tonnes of material up to nine metres long. In total,
almost half of the steel on-site, subdivided into some
700 different line items, is currently stored in the
system.
Mr Cosgrove added, “Compared to conventional
storage methods, the small footprint of the