Conveyors and Cranes for Warehousing
Software, electrical and SCADA for a material handling and storage system.
The challenge
Conveyors and Cranes for Warehousing
Material has to move by the best path through conveyors, cranes, turntables, totes and pallets, the most-wanted products have to be stored where they are quickest to reach, and many items have to come together on a single pallet for delivery.
The plant
- Conveyors
- Cranes, turntables, totes and pallets
- Storage and warehousing
What we did
- Software, electrical design and SCADA for the system
- Recipes handled through SCADA
- Part tracking through MES, a paper trail for every batch
- Reporting on how to improve the system
The process
Step by step
Route
Store
Pick
Palletise
Deliver
What the system does
In operation
- Material moves by the ideal path
- Dynamic storage keeps the most-wanted products closest
- Routing picks the most effective delivery
- Many items transfer and pack onto a single pallet