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Manual processes in goods dispatch often lead to excessive space needs, confusion, poor ergonomics, costly returns, and unnecessary delays. These errors and inefficiencies raise operational expenses. Curaden AG, a Swiss company, sought to prevent these issues. They decided to optimise their intralogistics at the Littau (CH) facility. Working with the GEBHARDT Intralogistics Group, they improved the shipping area by installing container conveyor technology, including a console lift and a container buffer storage system (sequencer system).
Driving throughput with automated dispatch operations
„To remain a reliable partner both now and in the long run, we needed to update our processes, especially in shipping. Our old systems were not very automated, lacked efficiency in time and costs, and were ergonomically outdated,” explains Daniel Meyer, project manager at Curaden. A new dispatch system, optimised for functionality and process flow with ergonomic workstations, has been implemented in the existing building in partnership with GEBHARDT. This system features high automation, greater storage capacity, and faster throughput.
GEBHARDT installed a console lift with container buffer storage across four floors. The project started with breaking through the ceilings on each level. Next, a new shaft was built, followed by the installation of the console lift and buffer storage. The buffer warehouse for single-aisle storage measures 4.5 metres long, 3.5 metres wide, and 14 metres high. It contains 117 container compartments spread over 23 levels. Curaden uses plastic containers arranged in parallel triple-deep rows, each with a maximum weight of 30 kilograms. The system can perform up to 80 storage and retrieval operations per hour.
The console lift with a telescopic load handling device (LHD) is fixed in position and functions solely for vertical transport of unit loads. At Curaden, it links the ground floor to the goods issue area. Containers are brought to the lift via the infeed section of the container conveyor system. Employees at four workstations on the same floor place containers onto the conveyor system.
Before reaching the console lift, a mechanical contour monitor assesses their height to prevent overloading. Once cleared, the goods pass through a wall opening, where the console lift's LHD takes over, transporting and storing them in the container buffer warehouse.
„The conveyor technology, including the console lifts, is operating smoothly. With the new shipping area and the container buffer storage in the sequencer system, we are confident in our ability to maintain and expand our leading position in dental depots.“
Daniel Meyer of Curaden
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