Polybags & flat-packs
Soft, thin items jam conventional sortation equipment.
Fast Fashion
Apparel Automation
Automation for apparel fulfillment, fast-moving collections and high-volume returns.
Overview
Automation for Apparel
Metallum’s apparel automation solutions maximize throughput and return-handling efficiency across dynamic fashion supply chains handling polybags, cartons, and flat-pack garments. Featuring specialized pocket sorters, automated carton singulators, and goods-to-person shuttle storage, our modular systems streamline batch-picking, accelerate item-level reverse logistics, and ensure same-day dispatch during peak promotions.
Challenges
Common Challenges
Returns volume
Item-level reverse logistics is labor-intensive and slow.
SKU proliferation
Sizes, colors and seasons multiply the number of SKUs to manage.
Promotional peaks
Same-day dispatch must hold through promotions and launches.
Solutions
Suitable Automation Solutions
Specialized sortation
Handles items as thin as 0.08 in (2 mm) with zero-impact discharge.
Goods-to-person shuttle storage
Dense storage that brings garments to pickers for batch picking.
Carton singulation & conveyors
Automated singulation and transport for cartons and totes.
WES batch picking
Software that waves orders and returns for maximum throughput.
Products
Related Products
Rapid Sortation
Sortation Systems
Cross-belt loop sorters handling up to 24,000 parcels per hour at 590 FPM — from 0.08 in polybags to 176 lb cartons with 99.9%+…
Scalable Fulfillment
Shuttle Systems
2-way and 4-way robotic pallet shuttles that maximize storage density — up to 80% floor plan utilization with strict FIFO/LIFO control.
Continuous Flow
Conveyor Systems
Powered roller and slider bed belt conveyors with zero-pressure accumulation, line speeds up to 295 FPM and seamless integration with AS/RS, sortation and AGVs.
Intelligent Control
Automation Software
Open-architecture WES and WCS software that coordinates AS/RS, AGVs, robotics and conveyors in real time — without vendor lock-in.
Apparel
