Chemical Applications

Biotechnology

Retrotech & its Woodson product line have supplied ASRS and material handling equipment into blood and plasma management and health care product sterilization operations. The ability to track product and equipment from input to output under FDA guidelines is the focus of Retrotech's biotechnology deliveries.

Schering ASRS Software - This case study represents an AS/RS multi-project, multi-year effort resulting in a complete facility modernization and resolving a variety of business issues, including performance, reliability, and space.

Chemicals

Retrotech's equipment and control systems have managed chemicals and chemical end product for health and beauty aids companies as well as textile and pharmaceuticals. Management of pallets cases, raw materials, and drums have all been part of the material handling deliveries.

Electronics

Retrotech's designs have been used in WIP and Finished Goods in the electronics industry. Computer companies have used Retrotech's designs and products to support raw material storage, media storage, PC testing, PC finished goods and after-market parts support.

IBM ASRS - Efficiency of the Eaton-Kenway mini-load operation had deteriorated due to equipment obsolescence and limited OEM support. Notably, the stackers had obsolete horizontal and vertical positioning systems, horizontal DC drives and motors. between on-board controls and the off-board computer.

Fiber and Textiles

Retrotech's equipment and control systems have managed cans for spun materials, corrugated boxes of spun material, fiber rolls on mandrel and in cradle, and bales. Retrotech's applied knowledge for material handling in fiber and textiles covers all 20 years of company experience.

Burlington ASRS - The Burlington Industries Distribution Center (BIDC), with a capacity of 129,836 rolled fabric units, serves as a storage and distribution facility for multiple divisions within the company and throughout the day, BIDC receives orders from the different divisions that have stored units in the high-rise.

Paper Products

Retrotech's designs and equipment have been employed in supporting paper-manufacturing WIP, finished goods storage as well as printing operations for signature storage and assembly. Work efforts have included moving entire ASRS from one plant to another to continue the asset value for the client. Retrotech's ACTIV product is particularly suited to high density, large capacity lineal foot storage of laminated and non-laminated paper rolls.

	Georgia Pacific - Georgia-Pacific’s existing system handled storage of finished paper products for the corporation, and served as a buffer between production and shipping. Retrieved loads were placed by a onto stacker cranes.
	Stora Enso - The ACTIV input points consist of a short input conveyor, a roll sizing station, and a bar code reader. The ACTIV receives directly from in-floor on-the-bilge roll conveyors. As the rolls move toward ACTIV’s vertical transfer lift (VTL), they are scanned and size-checked to validate the roll dimensions and reconcile the roll with the host as a valid input.

Pharmaceutical

Retrotech has delivered systems and software to assure that pharmaceutical finished goods such as over the counter tablets; ethical products and WIP raw materials can be stored and tracked in compliance with FDA operations. Complete re-vamp of pharmaceutical pick lines and finished goods shipping have been repeatedly and accurately delivered through client operations by Retrotech software and material tracking control. HABA storage of WIP & Finished Goods is also managed today by Retrotech's ASRS equipment control systems.

Schering ASRS Software - This case study represents an AS/RS multi-project, multi-year effort resulting in a complete facility modernization and resolving a variety of business issues, including performance, reliability, and space.

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