Completed WMS projects

Unitechnik Cieplik & Poppek AG

Retrofit for legendary high bay

Customers

Dock100 Logistik GmbH

Completion

31.08.2010

Country

Germany

Branch

  • Logistic service provider industry
  • Freight forwarding industry
  • Wholesale industry

Unitechnik_Ref_Dock100_e.pdf

Description

Task description

In 1989 one of the most modern logistics centres at the time was erected in Berlin Tegel. The high bay
warehouse with a height of some 40 metres, a total of 16 stacker cranes and approx. 70,040 pallet storage spaces served the firm of Herlitz as its production buffer store. Today, i.e. more than 20 years
after it was first commissioned, the logistics real estate has become a part of „Dock 100“ - a commercial and logistics park on Borsig Port. The operating company is letting the „logistics dock“ to a number of clients.

Within the scope of comprehensive retrofit measures, Unitechnik has been entrusted with the order to
replace important elements of the control and warehouse management system with new modern
systems. To be put to use are S7 controls and Unitechnik‘s UniWare material flow and warehouse management system. One important requirement to be satisfied by the new warehouse management system is that the warehouse can be used flexibly by a number of clients.

Since the logistics centre is operational and must remain so all the time, the conversion measures have to be accomplished while the warehouse is „in operation“. For this reason precise planning and thorough testing represent essential parameters for the success of this „surgical“ operation.

Project duration

12 month

System components

Control engineering:

  • Integration of the most modern
  • control system for pallet conveying and stacker cranes
  • Material flow control and visualization
  • Simulation
Software requirements

Warehouse management system:

  • multi-client capable UniWare
  • Integrated forklift guiding system
  • LAN and WLAN networks
  • Diverse ERP interfaces

 

Performance data
  • 16 stacker cranes, 40m high
  • 70,040 Euro-pallet storage spaces
  • Conveyor system link to 9 levels
  • Transport units up to 1.5 tons, in 3 height classes up to width of 1.4 m
  • Approx. 1,500 movements per day
Project volume

2 mn€

Contact person

Michael Huhn

Sales Director

Telephone: +49 2261 987-0

logistics@unitechnik.com