KWB & Fb INDUSTRY AUTOMATION.
CUSTOMISED SEMI-AUTOMATED SMALL PARTS WAREHOUSE FOR MAXIMUM INDIVIDUALITY, FLEXIBILITY AND SCALABILITY IN INTRALOGISTICS AUTOMATION.
SUCCESS STORY
KWB – POWER & HEAT FROM BIOMASS
INTRALOGISTICS AUTOMATION.
For almost 30 years, KWB Energiesysteme GmbH has been renowned for biomass-fuelled power and heat and is synonymous with innovative heating solutions. Around 90,000 customers around the world place their trust in the premium energy systems and complete solutions for renewable heat and electricity from Austria. KWB Energiesysteme GmbH offers individual heating systems for single and multi-occupancy households, agricultural and forestry businesses as well as for commercial and hotel operations.
- Energy
- St. Margarethen/Raab, Austria
- Customised semi-automated small parts warehouse from Fb Industry Automation
INITIAL SITUATION.
In the past, KWB Energiesysteme GmbH has relied on a traditional man-to-goods logistics system throughout the whole company. All areas such as production, spare parts packaging or set formation were supplied manually with the necessary components.
THE CUSTOMER’S OBJECTIVE FOR Fb INDUSTRY AUTOMATION .
As part of the expansion of the production hall with state-of-the-art equipment, the company’s aim was to build a two-storey, partially automated small parts warehouse. The aim was to rethink, redesign and implement the logistics of all internal processes relating to incoming goods, picking and outgoing goods in order to make storage and retrieval less complex and to significantly optimise the handling of picking.
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS & CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS.
- Increase in throughput performance. Objective: 500 containers per hour.
- Uncomplicated and space-saving storage and retrieval.
- Optimised handling during order picking.
- Storage of different small parts.
- Storage of pallets.
- Make optimum use of the height of the building to counteract soil sealing.
- Efficient use of available space.
- Cooperation with local trades to increase the regional value chain.
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CUSTOMER BENEFITS FROM THE Fb COMPLETE SOLUTION.
Thanks to the new automated small parts warehouse from Fb Industry Automation, KWB is now able to automate processes that were previously controlled manually, for example: production, spare parts packaging or set formation, thereby making order-picking activities much more efficient. With its many years of industry experience and flexibility, Fb Industry Automation was able to support the company in realising the automation – before, during and after the implementation of the small parts warehouse.
CUSTOMISED Fb COMPACT WAREHOUSE.
The Fb compact warehouse offers maximum individuality, flexibility and scalability. Whether with connected conveyor technology for material supply to workstations, as a flow rack or with a compact picking station; the system can be designed and integrated to meet the individual requirements of each customer. In comparison with traditional storage and retrieval machines (SRMs), each system can be expanded with additional shuttles as throughput increases and all load carriers can be accessed manually at any time, even in the event of unforeseen malfunctions.
as throughput increases and all load carriers can be accessed manually at any time, even in the event of unforeseen malfunctions.
Fb PALLET RACKS
1.522 Palettenstellplätze.
SHELVING RACKS
4,782 container spaces.
CONVEYOR TECHNOLOGY
Incoming goods section with vertical conveyor, Outgoing goods section on two levels with vertical conveyor.
Fb STASH
Automated transport order control by conveyor technology with intuitive user interface.
CONTAINERS
5,000 pcs. KLT system containers including barcode labels
and branding
STEFAN LEITNER
Project Manager, Fb Industry Automation
“Customers with less experience in the field of automation can be particularly sceptical about whether the new, automated system will bring any benefits. For me, it’s all the better when I hear from the customer’s long-standing employees that the solution makes their work much easier. Another great example of a successful symbiosis between man and machine.”
FURTHER CASES.
Hausbrot.at | Packing line | Fb Industry Automation
Hausbrot.at supplies kindergartens, businesses, and private households daily with fresh baked goods and other food products. However, with around 1,000 orders per day, the company reached the limits of its manual warehouse management. To meet the increasing demands, Hausbrot.at decided to undertake a comprehensive modernization of its intralogistics. In collaboration with Fb Industry Automation, a highly automated warehouse system was developed and implemented, which not only significantly increased efficiency but also minimized error rates and improved working conditions. Curious about how this project was realized? Discover all the details in our case study!
BIG Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft – library of the university Graz
During the realisation of the construction project “Renovation and extension” of the library of the Karl-Franzens University of Graz”, the section of the library built in the 1970s created an obstacle to this important urban development. The historic library building has been transformed over several construction phases from the original clarity of its symmetrical late-19th century layout to a complex conglomerate of different room sequences.
Library of the University Graz | Automated book conveyor system
The University of Graz (formerly Karl-Franzens University) is the largest university in Styria and the second oldest university in Austria after Vienna.
During the course of the construction project “Renovation and extension of the library of the Karl-Franzens University of Graz”, the construction of a new automated book conveyor system was also planned and implemented.