Engineering services for material handling technology systems and a high-bay warehouse
Engineering-Dienstleistungen aus einer Hand für Automobilzulieferer: Elektroplanung, SPS-Programmierung, Visualisierung mit WinCC flexible. Nach der Inbetriebnahme erfolgen Schulungen der Bediener, des Wartungspersonals sowie der Kundenhotline.
Task: Assume responsibility for project management and independent project implementation
On behalf of a customer, we were tasked with the electrical planning, software programming and commissioning of a high-bay warehouse material handling technology system.
From a design perspective, the following components were fitted:
- Gravity roller conveyers, chain conveyors, lift tables, rotary tables, lift-/rotary tables...
- Lifts
- Shuttle cars
- Scanners
- Scales
- Fire safety system interfaces
- Computer interfaces to the master computer and material flow computer
- SPS Siemens S7 CPU 315-2 PN/DP // CPU 414-3 PN/DP
- Various bus systems: Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet, ASI bus, Interbus
- Numerous control points
- Visualisation with WinCC flexible or PC program
- Pallet tracking integrated within material handling technology control system
- Routing within the facility by material handling technology control system
- Routing through the material flow computer (MFC)
- Facility safety by way of conventional relay technology
- Safety function by way of secure SPS (S7 Failsafe)
Solution: High-quality implementation of electrical planning and software programming
To complete the order, we implemented the following tasks step-by-step:
- Preparation of the circuit diagram
- Component design
- Programming of the SPS program
- Commissioning of material flow handling technology
- Production supervision for the facility
- Operator training
- Maintenance training
- Relinquishment of the project to the customer’s hotline
Benefits of this automation solution
- Elimination of the customer’s capacitive bottlenecks
- Provision of professional know-how, ideas and solution expertise
- Assumption of all electronic design and software programming responsibilities:
- complete resolution of the interfaces using individual components
- full accomplishment of the electro-technical task within the respective project
- complete clarification of the interfaces with other suppliers, e.g. of the laser, motors, etc.