HORSTKEMPER develops a variety of storage systems for the temporary storage and stockpiling of materials.
Storage Systems
These are customized to meet your specific requirements. This allows you to make optimal use of the available space on your production line.
Hedgehog buffers serve as conveyor, buffer, and storage stations for planar or rectangular workpieces. Workpieces are removed from conveyor lines (e.g. roller or belt conveyors) and arranged vertically one behind another in the hedgehog buffer to save space.
Please provide us with your product dimensions, and we will design the right hedgehog buffer for your application.
Thanks to our specialization in conveying technology, we offer customized buffer solutions that can be integrated before or within production lines. The stacking buffers can, for example, be installed horizontally in front of production lines or vertically within a racking system.
Alternatively, material buffers can be integrated directly into production lines using the “first in, last out” principle. The flexibility of these concepts enables tailored solutions that also take into account sorting, storage, distribution, and order picking. A visualization system shows at all times which materials are located where, thus completing the buffer concept.
The LineMover is a rail-guided, battery-powered shuttle system that transports medium-sized loads over defined routes. The entire route serves as a floating buffer zone. Thanks to its integrated intelligence, the LineMover monitors all systems and the status of the route and controls the interfaces of the adjacent transport equipment via Wi-Fi.
A sorting buffer system buffers workpieces between machining steps and makes them available in an optimized sequence for the next process. This allows for more efficient workflows in furniture and door production—both during the manufacturing process and prior to shipping—and enables the realization of new opportunities for process optimization.

