Material Handling

Design and manufacture of bespoke stillages for the automotive industry

We predominantly manufacture for the automotive industry and understand the requirements and expectations of this market. Having supplied the automotive industry for many years we have developed a clear understanding of quality, cost and delivery expectations. We can quickly identify and advise on the most efficient and cost effective solution for your needs.

Specialists in stillage design we can create designs from components parts, 3D CAD models or 2d drawings using a wide array of component retention options.

Using cad data we are able to reduce lead times to prototype and can develop stillages ahead of production part being available. We liaise closely with all our customers in order to fully understand their production, health and safety and quality parameters.

With our wealth of industry knowledge and experience, we are able to help our customers redesign their stillages to their own requirements, helping to improve overall productivity and save on storage and transportation cost.

We can manufacture:

• Bespoke stillages to our own design

• Build to print stillages

• Standard stillages

• Collapsible stillages

• Textile bag stillage

Manufacture of standard stillages, bins and cages.

For general purpose use we also design and manufacture stillages for general parts storage. Usually medium to high volume manufacture of rigid stackable or collapsible stackable stillages.

Supporting production cell design and layout D&S Material Handling design and manufacture modular gravity fed racking.

Parts delivery to a production line or cell is a complex issue and more often than not a bespoke configuration is required. D&S Material Handling manufacture racking in support of all box sizes and adapt to volume and presentation requirements. Contact us to understand how efficiently and cost effectively we can maunfacture your parts delivery racking.

Serving the construction, offshore and glazing markets.

Servicng a number of markets D&S Material Handling design and manufacture standard and bespoke stillages, bins and cages. We can design for any component or application and have a wide with designing component handling solutions.

Supporting manufacturing with bespoke material handling equipment

Gravity fed racking
To ensure efficient delivery of parts to any manufacturing cell, roller conveyors and line side racking is essential. We manufactured to your specific requirements and will change the design as you see fit after initial trial. Often with these types of products how you think they will work and how they act in practice are very different. We don’t just build and leave you with a problem, we will build, trial and finish to ensure you have a workable product.

Trollies
If you have equipment, parts, tools or heavy assemblies to move around or in and out of machines then we can design and make the right trolley for you. From small lightweight parts through to 10 tonne assemblies we have designed, manufactured and load tested where necessary to our customer’s specific requirements.

Design and manufacture of workstations for maufacturing cells.

We manufacture fixed size and adjustable workstations for assembly lines or general use. We also manufacture workstations for use in special purpose machinery to tight tolerances.

The popularity of our unique adjustable workstation design is growing. It gives our customers real flexibility for production cell layout and can be adjusted to the optuimum individual ergonomic requirements.

Proven specialists in stillage design.

Specialists in stillage design our expertise trained design team work closely with all of our customers to create design options suitable to their requirements.

We liaise closely with all of our customers throughout the design process in order to fully understand their production, health and safety, quality parameters and logistic requirements.

We create designs from component parts, 3D CAD models or 2D drawings using a wide array of component retention options. Our in house design team is able to show our customers design options in real view stimulations which can help identify obsatcles before the manufacturing stage, reducing turnaround and costs. Using CAD data we are able to reduce overall lead times through rapid prototype developement.

Our market expertise is varied and covers automotive, yellow goods, white goods, glazing, and others. We have designed stillages for components ranging from 'A' surface plastic parts to 1/2 tonne gearbox assemblies.

For a more information about how we can help you solve your packaging requirements please ring one of our in house designers on 0191 495 7100.