Case Study · Cold Chain

Cold Chain & Food

Palletizing and AMR transport in -25°C environments with wash-down cells — running 24/7 through peak seasons.

24/7

Frozen operation

Pallets / min

40%

Labor reduction

-25°C

Rated environment

The Challenge

Extreme cold, hygiene and labor turnover

A national frozen-food distributor operated a -25°C warehouse where manual palletizing was both costly and unsafe:

▸Cold-room labor faced high turnover and strict PPE requirements, capping throughput at peak season.
▸1,800 SKUs demanded fast, error-free palletizing and depalletizing across three freezer zones.
▸Hygiene wash-down cycles meant standard robots and AGVs failed early and caused contamination risk.

The Solution

We built a -25°C-rated system that runs unattended through night shifts:

▸Cold-rated AMR fleet with heated electronics, -25°C-certified batteries and low-temp charging.
▸Cobot palletizing cells with AI depalletizing for mixed-SKU inbound loads.
▸Wash-down-safe IP-rated build and a 24/7 fleet scheduler with peak-season burst capacity.

Cold audit

Two-week study of -25°C freezer zones, wash-down cycles and 1,800-SKU palletizing flows.

Fleet design

Cold-rated AMRs with heated electronics and -25°C-rated batteries, plus cobot palletizing cells.

Go-live

AI depalletizing and palletizing commissioned with full hygiene wash-down compliance.

Scale-out

Fleet of 11 AMRs with 24/7 scheduling and low-temp charging docks.

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