December 15 2015
How the Power of Automation Reduces Energy Consumption in Food, Beverage Warehouses
By: John Hinchey, Vice President of Sales
John Hinchey, vice president of sales, Westfalia Technologies, Inc., discusses how automation can help food and beverage operators reduce energy consumption in a recent article published in Refrigerated & Frozen Foods. Some may say that implementing automaton is a large upfront investment, but the long term return on investment from an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) cannot be compared to that of a conventional warehouse.
Hinchey outlines the following benefits in his article that food and beverage warehouses will see with automation:
- More efficient space utilization
- Fewer interior lights
- 40% reduction in overall energy cost
- More products can be stored in the same, if not smaller, amount of space
- An AS/RS can minimize the overall building footprint by up to 50%
- There is less area to cool for refrigerated warehouses
With each of these benefits taken into consideration, there is no better way to overcome high-energy consumption costs than by implementing automation technology.
To read the full Refrigerated & Frozen Foods article, click here