The order comprises the construction and automation of an automatic deepfreeze silo warehouse for the storage op deep-frozen fries at -25 °C. Reaching a staggering height of 40 meter the new warehouse to be built in Tilburg will be the highest automatic warehouse in The Netherlands and the Benelux. With a total width of 53 m and an aisle length of 78 m the cold storage will provide space for approximately 25,600 euro pallets.
Cost and Time Saving Silo Construction
Egemin will build the deepfreeze warehouse in a silo construction. This means all pallet racking is mounted first. In a next stage the skyscraper stacker cranes –eight in total– will be installed in between the racks. Next, all roof and wall plating is fixed to the racking. Silo warehouses have numerous benefits compared to traditional warehouses
- Very compact construction leading to important space savings.
- Shorter assembly times leading to faster project throughput
- A lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) thanks to more efficient energy management, lighting and space saving
The impressive scope of the project includes eight 40-meter high pallet cranes, the conveyor systems and turntable equipment in the front zone of the warehouse and the silo construction. In addition, Egemin Automation also delivers all controls for the equipment and the higher level software for warehouse control and management.
For infeed and outfeed of pallets three conveyors located on different levels will be provided: one will be used for infeed, two for outfeed.
With this configuration Agristo and Egemin are planning to obtain peak capacities of 100 pallets IN and 240 pallets OUT.
Planning and future projects
The automatic warehouse project has a scheduled completion time of 1 year starting and has been started early January 2012. It is part of a larger total project at Agristo also comprising the construction of an extensive conveyor installation linking the production to the warehouse and the warehouse to the loading docks and the old warehouse.
In a third stage Agristo is planning to retrofit its old warehouse with new controls and software.
Source: Egemin automation
