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Dematic Multishuttle 2E
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- Length 200–875 mm, Width 150–650 mm, Height 50–600 mm
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Dematic Multishuttle 2E
DematicThe Dematic Multishuttle 2E (DMS 2E) is a shuttle-based Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) manufactured by Dematic, a KION Group company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It uses a fleet of self-propelled, low-voltage DC shuttles that independently traverse single rack levels at up to 4 m/s, with vertical lifts handling inter-level transfers, to store, buffer, and sequence totes, cartons, and containers for order fulfillment, replenishment, and manufacturing support. The system is modular and scalable, available in Static, Flex, and Belted variants, and is the first shuttle-based AS/RS to achieve Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze status. Capital costs are substantial, ranging from $650K–$1.2M per operating aisle, with known limitations including high infrastructure investment, long installation lead times, and inflexibility for small or irregularly shaped items. The shuttles perform their storage and retrieval tasks fully autonomously under WCS/WMS software orchestration, with no human performing or driving the task itself.
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Specification
- tote dimensions supported
- Length 200–875 mm, Width 150–650 mm, Height 50–600 mm
- carton dimensions supported
- Length 200–850 mm, Width 150–625 mm, Height 50–600 mm
- operating humidity range
- 5%–90% relative humidity, no condensation
Price
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Evidence-graded claims from the Dematic deep report
Dematic was acquired by KION Group in November 2016 for approximately $2.1 billion (purchase price) / $3.25 billion enterprise value, making it a subsidiary of one of the world's largest materials handling companies.
The acquisition price and date are confirmed by Food Logistics [4] and Wikipedia [5], both independent of Dematic's own PR, though the strategic impact on Dematic's product roadmap or customer outcomes remains unverified.
from Dematic deep report →
Dematic's robotic piece-picking and palletizing/depalletizing systems operate autonomously — executing picking, palletizing, and transport tasks without a human performing those tasks directly.
Vendor product pages [1][2][3] assert autonomous task execution, and a third-party review site [7] corroborates AI orchestration claims, but no independent customer report, regulator audit, or journalist teardown specifically validates that the robotic subsystems complete these tasks without human intervention in live deployments.
from Dematic deep report →Dematic ONE WES/AI orchestration platform dynamically assigns work to robots or humans in real-time, acting as a vendor-agnostic intelligence layer across the warehouse.
The third-party review [7] describes the AI orchestration and vendor-agnostic claims in detail, but this source is a commercial review site (bestopschainai.com) rather than an independent audit or customer case study, leaving real-world performance unverified.
from Dematic deep report →Dematic's Multishuttle 2 is the first shuttle-based AS/RS system to earn Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Bronze sustainability certification.
This claim is sourced solely from a Dematic Instagram post [13], a company-controlled social media channel — no independent C2C certification body announcement or third-party confirmation appears in the dossier.
from Dematic deep report →
Dematic's modular systems achieve up to 99.8% availability when supported by preventive maintenance programs.
This figure originates from a single anecdotal Reddit comment in r/IndustrialMaintenance [15] — a community source with no attribution to a controlled study, customer SLA, or independent benchmark, making it unverifiable and potentially misattributed.
from Dematic deep report →Legacy Dematic crane hardware from the 1970s remains in active use at some customer installations, with significant operational disruption when failures occur.
This observation comes from a single anonymous Reddit user in r/IndustrialMaintenance [15] — it is anecdotal, unattributed, and cannot be independently verified as representative of Dematic's installed base or reliability profile.
from Dematic deep report →
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