Vertical Storage Lifts

High Density, Flexible, Efficient

A vertical storage lift module (VLM) is an automated storage and retrieval unit consisting of an extractor mechanism, located between two sections of stationary racking, inside a metal enclosure. A series of trays inserted in the front and rear racks are used to store product. When activated, the extractor device brings a requested tray or items from the rack to an ergonomically positioned workstation.

Automated storage systems, including vertical storage carousels, enable a large inventory to be directed to a picker at one fixed location. By eliminating the climbing, reaching, and bending necessary to pick from multiple levels, vertical storage systems produce a more efficient “parts to picker” instead of “picker to parts” workflow—increasing worker safety and productivity.

Found in many Leading companies, our vertical storage lift increase storage density (of up to 90%), throughput, and material handling efficiency while reducing inventory losses and labour costs. They efficiently deliver product to the operator, yielding a low-floor-space way of storing, securing, and retrieving anything from small parts to fixtures and tools.

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The Benefits Of A Vertical Storage Lift

Up to 90% of space saved

Speed Up Order Preparation

Store Anything!

Improved Stock Management

An ergonomic solution offering absolute safety

Higher Productivity

Our Vertical Storage Lifts can be tailored and configured to your needs.

Advanced Technology As Standard

  • Intelligent goods height detection
  • Fixed & Variable stock locations
  • Storage tray reshuffle (compression)
  • Comprehensive Software suite to suit requirements
  • Easy to use Touchscreen control
  • Full length safety light curtain
  • Load control monitoring
  • long-life components for low maintenance operations
  • Robust and powerful lifting motors
  • Including a unique Ergo-tech option
  • Silent operating storage system
  • ECO mode and intelligent Lighting
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With 120 tray combinations, there should be one to suit your requirement!

Ranging from 1950mm – 4250mm in length x 650mm to 1030mm in depth

Payload capacity ranges from 300kg to 990kg

Tray accessories are available to accommodate and secure your stored items.

These range from a simple cardboard boxes to a fully customisable metal grid system to provide unique and easily findable locations.


As products come in all shapes and sizes, flexibility is the key to intelligent storage and safe handling.

The Vertimag storage lift provides for this in a number of ways.

The Vertimag accommodates items in an organised and economical manner, regardless of an items individual height. The flexible system scans the goods height and allocates an optimal storage location; this is also ideal if the stock is likely to change over a period of time.

Trays are presented at the ‘picking bay’, and always at the same ergonomic height.

A number of bays are available:

  • Internal bay: single or double – For manageable parts and compact footprint
  • External Bay: single or double – Ideal for overhead crane assistance for heavy items
  • Extractable telescopic bay – For occasional use on certain items needing access
  • Ergotech bay (see details) – For increased parts presentation and speed
Standard Internal Bay
Extractable Bay
Ergotech Bay
External Bay

The EjLog Warehouse Management System designed by Ferretto can be seamlessly integrated with the customer’s ERP.

Thanks to its intuitive graphic layout and user-friendly interface, EjLog is the ideal software for managing all types of automatic storage solutions, traditional racking systems as well as the storage areas at ground level.

EjLog enables real-time warehouse management through a regular computer interface on PC or radio frequency terminals, in the case of traditional storage systems and storage areas at ground level, and at the same time allows remote monitoring and intervention.

Its “open” architecture facilitates dialogue with the company’s ERP, ensuring increased productivity and space optimization through correct data management.

Main functions of EjLog for the management of automatic storage systems and storage areas at ground level:

  1. Identification of inbound products
  2. Storage within the storage system
  3. Consultation of data concerning the products stored in the system
  4. Retrieval of goods/products from the system
  5. List execution with optimized logic
  6. Connection to company host
  7. User management and authorization for the available functions
  8. Reports

Ergo-Tech is the exclusive picking bay designed Ferretto, with a second lift placed under the bay inside the structure, offers the workflows of double bay machines while ensuring perfect ergonomics.

How it works

With Ergo-Tech, the items are automatically delivered at a single configurable height from the ground by means of a lifting device located inside the bay structure. While the operator is conducting a picking or placing operation in one tray, the system gets the second tray and puts it in stand-by ready to be delivered to the bay.

Once the picking or placing operation has been completed on the first tray, this is returned to its storage position and the tray in stand-by is immediately lifted to the bay enabling the operator to carry out a new picking or placing operation at the same height, ergonomically and without delays.

EFFICIENCY

Ergo-Tech ensures the flows of a double bay and, consequently, optimizes performance and increases the speed of picking and placing operations.

FLEXIBILITY

Thanks to its operating principle, Ergo-Tech offers less limitations related to the height of the items as is the case for traditional double level bays. More specifically, by lifting the second tray, the Ergo-Tech system allows materials of different formats and sizes to be stored.

ERGONOMICS

The structure of the system creates an absolutely ergonomic work environment for the operator. There is no risk of potential injuries: in fact, unnecessary lifting or bending during materials handling is simply eliminated.

SAFETY

The picking bay is equipped with vertical anti-intrusion safety barriers and the automatic shutter, a standard feature, closes the opening during operations: thus, the material is protected, the noise in the work area is significantly reduced, and the safety of the operator guaranteed.

Since we installed our four vertical storage lifts, the speed of picking our online orders has increased the efficiency of our warehouse by around 60%

John Forster

Ecommerce Manager , Frog Bikes

Vertimag VLM Storage Lift Specifications

Model

65XS-XL

84XS-XL

103XS-XL

Tray Width 1950 – 4250mm 1950 – 4250mm 1950 – 4250mm
Tray Depth 650mm 840mm 1030mm
Goods Height 75 – 695mm 95 – 695mm 120 – 695mm
Machine Width = Tray + mm + 505mm + 505mm + 505mm
Machine Depth 2521mm 3091mm 3661mm
Machine Height 3200 – 12000mm 3200 – 12000mm 3200 – 12000mm
Max Load Per Tray <990 Kg <990 Kg <990 Kg
Total Loading 70000 Kg 70000 Kg 70000 Kg

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