Real-Time Weight-Based Automation
Kardex has launched Kardex PortScale, a weighing solution designed for AutoStore ports that brings weight-based process automation to high-performance warehouse environments. Kardex PortScale is part of the Kardex AutoStore SmartWorkStation, an integrated workstation concept that combines technologies such as the Kardex IntuitivePickingAssistant (IPA), barcode scanning, computer vision, data capturing for track & trace, and weight-based verification to support picking processes.
By integrating precise weight measurement directly into the AutoStore port, PortScale enables real-time bin weighing and automated item-count verification during replenishment and picking processes. The system continuously measures bin weight, enabling instant detection of picking errors, maintaining accurate inventory data, and reducing the need for manual counting.
The solution uses multiple weight sensors integrated into the port shelf to capture weight data and process it in real time with the Kardex ScaleManager. Kardex ScaleManager offers functionality to configure and monitor the scales and preprocesses the weight information to provide exact weight, count, and location information of the item in the bin to the warehouse management system (WMS).
The solution is particularly suited for high-throughput warehouses where accuracy, speed and process reliability are critical, and where the cost of picking errors can significantly impact operational performance.