Initial situation
SIEMAG TECBERG, a mechanical engineering company specializing in the construction of underground mining equipment, needed a new warehouse for the provision of preliminary products and the storage of finished goods as well as spare parts to be shipped to international end customers and subsidiaries.
The existing manually managed pallet and small parts warehouse was reaching its capacity and performance limits.
A new logistics facility was therefore to be built at the company's site to meet the requirements. The task was to make optimum use of the limited space available.
Solution
The warehouse consists of a 1-aisle high-bay warehouse (HRL) for pallets and pallet cages and a 1-aisle automated small parts warehouse (AKL) for containers and trays.
The storage and retrieval side was equipped with an order picking U for each warehouse.
The particularly short approach dimensions of the storage and retrieval machines enable a maximum number of storage locations by making the best possible use of the available space and room height.
An innovative safety braking system eliminates the buffer zone in front of the last rack positions. This frees up additional storage space.
Due to the compact height of the racking, both warehouses could be built without sprinklers.
Technology and key figures
- UniWare warehouse management system with operational dialogs and connection to the higher-level ERP Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
- Highly dynamic storage and retrieval machines with rack and pinion drive
- Pallet warehouse 1,092 storage locations with double-deep storage; approx. 8 m high and 46 m long
- Small parts warehouse 4,928 storage locations with double-deep storage; approx. 8 m high and 46 m long
- Bin picking station
- Pallet picking station with lifting station
