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Fork Extractor
The major difference in our S/R machine design concept is the use of conventional truck forks mounted on a rotating and transverse shifting mechanism to handle the pallet loads. This is in contrast to a shuttle device used on conventional S/R machines that require cantilever stub shelf racks (to provide clearance for the shuttle mechanism under the pallet).
The SR/F Fork Extractor is Mounted on the front of the machine, which is counterbalanced and with no structure in front of the forks to restrict their freedom of movement. The extractor is composed of a rugged rotating fork assembly driven by an industrial heavy duty gear unit and traverses laterally on precision ways by a heavy duty industrial ball screw.
The advantage of this arrangement vs. the conventional AS/RS shuttle is the ability of the SR/F to handle any load/pallet that a fork truck or pallet jack can. The SR/F can pick up or deposit pallets from simple bolsters anywhere on the aisle or at the end of the aisle.
The SR/F has no special rack design requirement. Conventional or new beam racks as used by man ride fork trucks are perfectly suitable.