Stacker Crane for Automated Air Cargo Consignment Storage
Fast, Safe, and Space-Efficient
How can air cargo terminals store shipments more efficiently while handling peaks with ease? The Stacker Crane offers fully automated storage and retrieval of consignment cargo, ensuring maximum space utilization, speed, and accuracy in air cargo warehouses.
Automated Stacker Crane for Smart Air Cargo Storage and Retrieval
The Lödige Stacker Crane is a main element of an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) designed for consignment storage in air cargo terminals. It manages the fully automated transport, storage, and retrieval of in-house pallets (IHP) within multi-level racking systems. With horizontal speeds up to 150 m/min and vertical lifting up to 30 m/min, it handles loads up to 1,300 kg with precision. Ideal for dynamic consignment storage, it minimizes manual handling, maximizes storage density, and supports seamless cargo flow.
Benefits of Lödige’s Stacker Crane
Designed for innovative air cargo terminals, our solutions provide measurable benefits by improving efficiency, ensuring safety and supporting seamless process integration.
Key Features
Stacker Crane
Designed for automated consignment storage, stacker cranes combine vertical and horizontal movement for seamless pallet handling. They maximise space, ensure safe operations, and deliver consistent performance in demanding cargo environments.
Features / Options
- Scalability: Adaptable to different rack heights, aisle lengths, and storage levels
- Integrated Scale: Optional weighing system integrated on the lifting platform for pallet weight control
- Operator Maintenance Cabin: Secured cabin for maintenance or manual operation with safety locking bars
- Maintenance Platforms: Additional service platforms at various heights for safe access to drives and mechanics
- Lighting and CCTV Monitoring: Floodlights and cameras on the lifting platform for precise pallet handling
- Software Integration: Flexible interface to Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and cargo handling control systems
Technical Data
Description | |
| Capacity | up to 1300 kg |
| Length | 5,600 mm |
| Width | 1,800 mm |
| Number of telescopic tines | 2 |
| Telescopic extension | 1,500 mm |
| Driving speed | up to 2.5 m/s |
| Driving acceleration | 0.3 m/s² |
| Lifting speed | up to 0.5 m/s |
| Type of hoist | Cable pulley system |
Automation Degree
Lödige Tilting Roller Decks are semi-automated modules designed for efficient ULD transfer to and from dolly trains. Equipped with powered rollers, sensors and a tilting mechanism, they enable smooth, safe and precise handovers at varying heights. Integrated with the Lödige Cargo Professional Suite, they support coordinated operation, process monitoring and temperature or position tracking where required. Manual fallback options ensure continued operation, providing reliability and flexibility for airside and interface applications.
Tools & Downloads
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Stacker Cranes successfully in operation
Proven in practice, our solutions demonstrate their value worldwide every day.
At the ‘Cool Nordic Cargo Hub’ of Finnair at Helsinki Airport, Lödige delivered a complete cargo handling solution. Stacker cranes handle in-house pallets with precision across multiple levels, combining vertical and horizontal movements for dense, scalable and reliable storage.
At the Istanbul Mega Hub of Turkish Cargo, Lödige delivered a complete cargo terminal solution. Stacker cranes move in-house pallets vertically and horizontally across multiple levels, enabling dense storage, fast retrieval and scalable performance.
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FAQs
A stacker crane is the main element of an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) that stores and retrieves internal pallets (IHP) in multi-storey racks, thereby optimising the storage of freight in consignment warehouses at air freight terminals.
It handles payloads up to 1,300 kg per pallet, ideal for typical consignment goods in air freight logistics.
The crane travels horizontally at up to 150 m/min and lifts vertically at 30 m/min. Its telescopic forks extend up to 1,500 mm, supporting pallet transfer deep into rack locations.
Yes, the crane is fully scalable and adaptable to various rack heights and aisle lengths in air cargo consignment stores.
Yes. It includes emergency stops, fall protection with safety grabs, maintenance platforms, and a monitored cabin to ensure maximum operational safety.
Absolutely. It integrates with conveyor systems and AGVs.
It includes fallback modes such as manual movement, jacking systems for wheel maintenance, and emergency drives, ensuring continuity until repair.
Yes, it is specifically designed for continuous, high-frequency use in busy air cargo environments, including express freight and e-commerce hubs.
Power is supplied via a floor-mounted rail and an overhead feed rail. Positioning is managed through a barcode-based system with millimeter precision.
The crane operates in standard indoor warehouse conditions. Temperature-controlled consignment storage is possible with integration into separate cold storage solutions.
Lödige Stacker Cranes are implemented in major air cargo hubs worldwide, helping optimize consignment storage for efficient and reliable cargo handling.