Guidance Systems

Definition: What are Guidance Systems? A virtual or physical device, or a group of devices, to implement a guidance process used for controlling the movement of an object is known as the guidance system. The system calculates changes in position, velocity, attitude, and/or rotation rates of a moving object required to follow a certain trajectory …

Stack Racks

Definition: What are Stack Racks? Stack racks are used to hold or buffer materials during “downtimes,” as well as during periods when they are not being transported or used. These happen for numerous reasons, such as long-term transportation or storage designed to allow the buildup of stock. Materials are stacked on pallets, shelves or racks …

Yield Strength

Definition: What is Yield Strength? A most important calculation in the design of warehouses (both as buildings and as internal structures), yield strength or yield point of a material is defined in engineering and materials science as the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically. This applies especially to all kinds of beams …

One Sided Pallet

Definition: What is a One Sided Pallet? A portable, horizontal, rigid platform used as a base for assembling, storing, stacking, handling and transporting goods as a unit load, often equipped with a superstructure, is known as pallet. A pallet that has no bottom deck, also called a single face pallet or one-sided pallet, serves as …

Automated Storage

Definition: What is Automated Storage? Computer-controlled systems that can place and retrieve loads from defined storage locations automatically are called the automated storage and retrieval system – the acronym used for this is either ASRS or AS/RS. The applications are used most frequently when a very high volume of loads are moved into and out …