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Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC) Installation

Learn how a Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC) installation can enhance your facility’s efficiency by moving materials between floors with ease. Discover the key benefits of this versatile solution for your material handling needs.

Vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) installed inside a warehouse to move heavy product.

Replacing Your Facility's Freight Elevator

A freight elevator must be kept in safe working condition, which includes being compliant with national elevator codes and budgeting for expensive maintenance and repairs. Production and material changes may result in the freight elevator no longer being a fit the company’s needs, making it inefficient and causing frustration for employees.

Move Materials

Companies are now turning to Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors (VRC) to solve their need to move materials to a mezzanine or within a multi-level building. The VRC only moves materials, not people or forklifts. This detail exempts the solution from the national elevator codes.

VRC Installation

A VRC can be installed as a through-floor, interior, or exterior structure. Employees using a pallet truck or forklift can position materials onto the carriage by approaching the open doors of the guide columns. The carriage is then raised or lowered by a mechanical or hydraulic mechanism, delivering materials to the desired level for processing.

Utilize Existing Freight Elevator

Already have a freight elevator in place? Depending on your production requirements and freight elevator condition, a VRC may be installed in the unused elevator shaft. 

Contact ProLift to with a warehouse solutions sales consultant for a complimentary on-site inspection and quote of a Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC). ProLift also offers other warehouse solutions, including mezzanines and pallet racking.

Warehouse layout and design with pallet racking.

Warehouse Layout and Design

Your partnership with ProLift begins before product is purchased. Our warehouse consultants integrate material handling systems, physical space, and the flow of material to create a streamlined, efficient process.

  • Increase storage and floor space
  • Maximize inventory & pallet positions
  • Plan for lifting height & aisle width
  • Invest in the ideal equipment for the application
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