Vertical Lift Module is offered with custom-sized pans.

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Titan III modules offer capabilities and custom specifications per unit, which are determined with in-house software design and support. With overall payload capacity up to 88,000 lb in single module, products feature structural framework that can be matched to application. Customized pan sizes accommodate capacities to 1,200 lb, and machines provide work-in-progress/buffer stock parts mini-AS/RS on assembly line.



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Kardex Systems, Inc. Introduces Custom-Sized Pans and Improved Payload Capacities on the Titan III Vertical Lift Module



December 15, 2005, Marietta, Ohio Kardex Systems, Inc.'s, Titan III Vertical Lift Module offers new customization capabilities, pan capacities to 1,200 pounds, and overall payload capacity up to 88,000 pounds in a single module.

The unique structural framework of the Titan III offers countless opportunities to match the machine to the application. Greg Jarvis, Product Manager for Kardex Systems says, "The Columbia, South Carolina BMW plant needed a customized pan size for their door panel assemblies. Kardex was able to provide this along with two other unique pan sizes not offered by other manufacturers."

Customization for BMW included a 40" deep by 50" wide pan for rooftops and a 32" deep by 75" wide standard pan for wire harnesses. The new capabilities and custom specifications per unit are provided with in-house software design and support. Jarvis adds, "Typically Titans are associated with reducing the footprint of a plant's maintenance crib by 75% or more. They provide a work-in-progress/buffer stock parts mini-AS/RS right on the assembly line."

Kardex Systems, Inc. leads the material handling industry with production lead times of 4-6 weeks for custom Vertical Storage Retrieval Systems and Movable Aisle Shelving Systems. The company is the primary vendor of Automated Vertical Carousels and Lifts and Movable Aisle Shelving Systems for the Department of Defense.

For more information about Kardex Systems, Inc. visit the website www.Kardex.com or contact Greg Jarvis at 800-313-7232.

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