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
Subjects:
A) Smelter;
B) Extruder
C) Metals
dealers
Main Products:
• Slabs & Plate;
• Coil
• Sheets
• Dies
• Profile
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•
•
Handling
Solution:
Automatic
Warehouse
AGVs
Automatic
Crane
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 AGV
for 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:
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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?
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 LASER
The 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)
Integrated logistic solutions
INCREASE EFFICENTY
in aluminium industry from CastHouse to FinishedProfile
AGV for COILS
interfaced with
automatic warehouse
example 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
Integrated logistic solutions
FUTURE
in aluminium industry
...Thanks!
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