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FLATBED DIES
FULLY AUTOMATIC
CORRUGATED
Klingele Hilpoltstein in South Germany near Nürnberg – a private and visionary company, owned and run by the Klingele family, celebrated their 100 year anniversary in 2020, and a company that is extremely focused on smartness, effectivity and quality in all processes. And it shows in the results. When a new storage solution was needed, basically installed in the basement, but raising above ground level in the factory, BCM Transtech was chosen as project partner. In 2019 a fully automatic storage system for the storage of flatbed dies was installed.
The Klingele family – a visionary family owned group of production companies within the corrugated packaging industry in Germany and in Europe, asked BCM Transtech to deliver a fully automatic BCM storage for their flatbed dies. This would be the first of its kind in Germany in the corrugated industry.
The result: BCM AutoStorage F2, T-type. More than seven meters high, the 5-level flatbed die BCM storage is the highest fully automatic BCM flatbed die storage system in Europe (installed in 2019). The storage serves several die cutting machines in several shifts of dies for the entire production, which secures high productivity and very low level of operator intervention.
The storage was installed in a basement and the entire storage solution is customized within millimeter accuracy and tolerance to fit in the dedicated space and achieve the necessary capacity. In order to make sure it was a perfect fit, the room was first 3D-Scanned by BCM Transtech.
More than seven meters high, the 5-level flatbed die BCM storage is the highest fully automatic BCM flatbed die storage system in Europe.
All commands for the storage can be done easily by any operator without certain skills after just a few hours training, via a touch panel pc in the operator room, which is situated just at the garage for the trolleys.
When the BCM storage robot is working inside the storage and driving its long distances in quite high speed, the operator can follow both the position of the storage robot and see everything live from the video camera on the touch display. Of course, BCM has online access devices for immediate and smart support in place. This ensures Klingele that in case of any problems, questions, or maybe even new improvements, BCM can act fast and effectively and help out the operator.
The installation is in the basement of the factory in a quite dark room This is no problem, since the BCM storage robot works flawlessly in complete darkness due to a large range of intelligence, sensors, lasers etc. All connected in BCM’s own software platform.* (the images on this page have been lightened)
As the entire storage area is completely closed for human access due to safety reasons, BCM had to find a special way to get the trolleys in and out of the storage area, as they had to arrive at the storage behind a wall. A very smart device for letting the trolleys enter the garage was developed. The trolleys are “slid” into the garage and moved forward and are actually “hanging” with the front wheels out in free air. A unique and new solution that only fits this installation and never done before elsewhere.
Though the storage is in the basement, it is connected to the production area via a gate in the upper right corner of the storage area. In this area BCM has installed a unique garage where the trolleys can collect and return the dies.
Klingele and BCM believes that this installation is a very fine example of how a visionary customer and their technological highly advanced supplier can work together to carry out a very ambitious and future oriented project with a great benefit as the final result. Since the installation at Klingele Hiltpoltstein in 2019, BCM has delivered numerous other fully automatic storage solutions for customers in the corrugated industry all over the world.
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