Wire Guidance Cost Benefit

The following comparison was conducted over an available warehousing floor space measuring 41.45mt?s(l) x 43.26mt?s(w), creating a 1,793mt?s² area, installing 320 bays of adjustable pallet racking & utilised industry average pricing at the time of calculations.

 

 

Wire Guidance Installation Costs

  
Forklift Wire Guidance Electronics: $10,000
Line Driver: $3,000
Guide Wire (570 Linear Meters @ $22 Per Meter): $12,540
Total: $25,540

 

 

Rail Guidance Installation Costs

  
Guide Wheels: $1,500
320 Sets of Racking Beams: $32,000
Guide Rail (570 Linear Meters @ $70 Per Meter): $39,900
On Going Maintenance: $?????
Total: $73,400
Wire Guidance Cost Benefit

Wire guidance involves cutting a 10-12mm deep x 3mm wide path in the concrete slab, inserting an electrical wire to form a loop/circuit, sealing over the laid wire & then connecting the wire ends to a line driver which is generally supplied with the VNA equipment.