Long material AS/RS
A honeycomb rack of cassettes for bars, profiles and tubes, with machines underneath in a patented layout.
- 3–12 m material, up to 6 t per position
- 100–9,999 positions
- Cassette pull-out retrieval in about 90 s
Store long steel above your machines, not beside them
Automated vertical storage for bars, profiles, tubes and sheet metal up to 12 m long. Material goes up into the rack, your floor space comes back, and your saws are fed without a crane or forklift.
Send your material sizes and floor plan. A sales engineer replies within one working day.
- Material length
- 3–12 m
- Load per position
- Up to 6 t
- Storage positions
- 50–9,999
- Stacker crane
- 120 m/min
Where long material costs you money
Many metal processors still keep bars and sheets in floor stacks and cantilever racks, moved by crane. That costs more than it seems.
- Slow, risky handling. Heavy, bulky material moved by overhead crane or forklift is slow, and every lift is a safety risk.
- Damaged stock. Stacked bars and sheets bend, scratch and get lost. In a humid climate, they rust.
- Handled again and again. Material stored away from the machines means extra moves for every job.
- Floor space you pay for twice. Storage and production each take their own area of an expensive building.
- Machines waiting for material. Every minute a saw or laser waits for the crane lowers your OEE.
Two systems, built for long and heavy material
Sheet metal AS/RS
A cantilever rack with custom pallets for sheets and plates, placed next to your cutting and forming machines.
- 3–12 m long, 1–2 m wide, up to 6 t per position
- 50–9,999 positions
- Telescopic fork or chain push-pull retrieval
Every bundle tracked, in real time
The warehouse software knows where every bundle and sheet is, how much is left and what the machines need next. It can exchange stock and order data with your ERP or MES, so your planners see the store as it really is.
- Live stock by position, material and order
- Retrieval jobs sent straight to the stacker crane
- Dashboard for throughput and storage use
Now building in Singapore
Our first automated storage project in Singapore is under construction. We'll publish the build here as it happens, from foundations to the first retrieval.
Once it's running, you can ask to see it in person.
Ask about a site visitHow a project runs
- Assessment. You send your materials, quantities and floor plan.
- Analysis and simulation. We model your material flow and storage needs.
- Basic planning. We propose a layout and system type.
- Solution development. Detailed design, quotation and drawings.
- Implementation. Manufacturing, shipping, installation and commissioning.
- Support. Remote and on-site service after handover.
Who uses it
Metal forging plants, sheet metal processors, aluminium profile makers, ERW pipe and seamless tube producers, and steel stockholders.
Questions buyers ask
What materials can a Kinkalteck AS/RS store?
Steel and aluminium bars, profiles, tubes and pipes 3 to 12 m long in the honeycomb long-material system, and sheets and plates 3 to 12 m long and 1 to 2 m wide in the cantilever sheet metal system. Each storage position carries up to 6 tonnes.
How many storage positions can one system have?
From 100 to 9,999 positions for the honeycomb long-material system and from 50 to 9,999 for the sheet metal system. The racks are modular, so a system can be extended later.
Can the storage sit above our saws or machines?
Yes. In Kinkalteck's patented embedded layout, production machines stand on the ground floor and raw material is stored directly above them, so the store and the machines share one footprint.
How fast is retrieval?
The stacker crane travels at 120 m/min with 0.5 m/s² acceleration. A 2,000-position honeycomb system retrieves a cassette in about 90 seconds.
How do I get a price?
Send your longest material length, bundle size and weight, the number of bundles you store, and your building dimensions. We reply with a storage layout and a budget price.
Tell us what you store
Send your material sizes and floor plan. We'll reply with a storage layout and a budget price.