integrated systems for storage and handling. smart and safe handling for smelters, extruders and...
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INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
for STORAGE and HANDLING
Smart and Safe Handling
for Smelters, Extruders
and Metal dealers
Italy
Automatic Warehouses + AGVs handling automation
from CASTHOUSE
to EXTRUSION PLANT
ALUMINIUM SCENARIO
Main Products:• Slabs & Plate;• Coil• Sheets• Dies• Profile
Handling Solution:
• Automatic Warehouse
• AGVs• Automatic
Crane
Subjects:
A) Smelter;
B) Extruder
C) Metals dealers
DIFFICULTY ENVIROMENT
• Weight: more than 40 tons;• Dimension: up to 15 m;• Temperature: up to 500° C• Mixed Path : out-door and in-door Such condition are unsafe and dangerous
FOR THESE REASONS AGV IS THE IDEAL SOLUTION.
Which kind of application can find AGVfor Smelters?
In which way do you transport slab from Casthouse to Rolling Mill?
AGV is a smart and safe
SOLUTION
A) For Smelters and Rolling Mills handling of coils more than 40 tons
as well as handling of scraps and slabs
Battery Charging System
FROM CASTHOUSE TO ROLLING MILL
1) LOADING STATION AT CASTHOUSE
2) PATH: OUDOOR/IN-DOOR AND CURVEY
3) UNLOADING STATION AT ROLLING MILL
Rolling Mill ENTRY
The AGVs in automatic way load the slabs
at the loading stations of the
CASTHOUSE
and than
transport them to the unloading stations
into the ROLLING MILL where the slabs
will be stored for the subsequent process
for the coil manufacturing
VIDEO
Some Figures:
• Mixed Path lenght: 150 mt.• Transport Speed WITH load unit: 15 mt/m• Transport Speed WITHOUT load unit: 21mt/m• 5 rolling slab every 2 hours
Transportation rate is in total 2,5 slabs / hour
from loading station in Cast House to unloading station in Rolling Mill area
1,2 cycles/hr
This Process is composed by:
• Special AGV ;• Unloading Stations to drop the slabs;• Complete automatic management system
composed by:
- Automatic battery charging stations;
- Server and Client Control Stations automatically interfaced with the rest of the factory
• General Software and Interface Management.
AGV - Automatic Guided Vehicles
are widely applied
in any industrial field
as they substitute
at all effect
the traditional forklifts
AGVs are not yet so common in
the aluminium plants, in spite of the
advantages offered by this system.
The Advantages given by automation are evident:
• more efficiency;• labour reduction, the AGV work 24 hours seven days in the
week;• dramatic reduction of human errors;• safety for the workers, machine and materials;• full traceability of the materials;• optimization of the inventory;• flexibility: the AGV can work indoor and outdoor, and also in
the dark;• no pollution, neither with noise nor with gas.
Working principle
According to the Customer data we will place
along the paths the necessary ‘REFERENCE
POINTS’ that interchange signals with the devices
on board of the various vehicles, so as they can
recognize the paths.
How do the AGVs move?How do the AGVs move?
The vehicle functions by battery, and on the paths, according to the needs, will be placed one or more battery recharger.
The vehicle feels their own battery level and automatically go to the energizer when it is necessary.
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
The AGV's are available with different guidance systems such as:
• Induction Guide
for data transmission and / or power transmission
• Laser Guide
BY LASERThe control systems use a rotating laser scan.
The laser returns the distance of apposite reflecting object placed in the plant.
Than, the AGV position and orientation are triangulated
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
The IT management of the system enables the
connection to the Customer’s Host as well as the
interface with other devices, such as scales, RFID,
automatic doors and of course the remote assistance.
How are AGVs working
for metal industry ?
On the basing of following data:
1.The paths;
2.The material characteristics;
3.The material flow (i.e. the movements’ frequency)
INCREASE EFFICENTY
in aluminium industry from CastHouse to FinishedProfile
Integrated logistic solutions
AGV for COILS
interfaced with
automatic warehouse
example of Coilsexample of Coils flow
AGV working
interfaced with
automatic warehouse
B) For Extruders
1. handling of billets
2. handling of bulk profiles
As DimaSimma was developing specific solutions for the
aluminium field:
Automatic Warehouse and AGV for:
SLAB & PLATE – COILS - SHEETS – DIES - PROFILE
Before..... ....After
3. Handling of aluminium packet
4. AGV for transport of aluminium profiles from/to static shelving or automatic honeycomb warehouses
Integration
C) For metal dealers
handling of sheets, of rolls, bundles and so on
Characteristics of the investment:
• AGV is adaptable for any type of product for any manufacturing organization, in any way and for any method of storage, fixed or automatic.
• AGV is usually implemented in the existing warehouse environments, without modifying the site
WHY AUTOMATION ?
• more efficiency;
• labour reduction,
•dramatic reduction of human errors;
• safety for the workers, machine and materials;
• full traceability of the materials;
•optimization of the inventory flexibility;
• the AGV can work indoor, outdoor, in the dark
• no pollution, neither with noise nor with gas
As a result, the investment
results budget-friendly and
quickly returned
The high efficiency given by integrated logistics can make the difference,
not only in the reduction of costs,
but also and especially in the improvement of the efficiency and of the service to the customer.
LOGISTICS & SERVICE IMPROVEMENT
make the difference
FUTUREin aluminium industry
Integrated logistic solutions
...Thanks!
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