INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

for STORAGE and HANDLING

Smart and Safe Handling

for Smelters, Extruders

and Metal dealers

Italy

Automatic Warehouses + AGVs handling automation

from CASTHOUSE

to EXTRUSION PLANT

ALUMINIUM SCENARIO

Main Products:• Slabs & Plate;• Coil• Sheets• Dies• Profile

Handling Solution:

• Automatic Warehouse

• AGVs• Automatic

Crane

Subjects:

A) Smelter;

B) Extruder

C) Metals dealers

DIFFICULTY ENVIROMENT

• Weight: more than 40 tons;• Dimension: up to 15 m;• Temperature: up to 500° C• Mixed Path : out-door and in-door Such condition are unsafe and dangerous

FOR THESE REASONS AGV IS THE IDEAL SOLUTION.

Which kind of application can find AGVfor Smelters?

In which way do you transport slab from Casthouse to Rolling Mill?

AGV is a smart and safe

SOLUTION

A) For Smelters and Rolling Mills handling of coils more than 40 tons

as well as handling of scraps and slabs

Battery Charging System

FROM CASTHOUSE TO ROLLING MILL

1) LOADING STATION AT CASTHOUSE

2) PATH: OUDOOR/IN-DOOR AND CURVEY

3) UNLOADING STATION AT ROLLING MILL

Rolling Mill ENTRY

The AGVs in automatic way load the slabs

at the loading stations of the

CASTHOUSE

and than

transport them to the unloading stations

into the ROLLING MILL where the slabs

will be stored for the subsequent process

for the coil manufacturing

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Some Figures:

• Mixed Path lenght: 150 mt.• Transport Speed WITH load unit: 15 mt/m• Transport Speed WITHOUT load unit: 21mt/m• 5 rolling slab every 2 hours

Transportation rate is in total 2,5 slabs / hour

from loading station in Cast House to unloading station in Rolling Mill area

1,2 cycles/hr

This Process is composed by:

• Special AGV ;• Unloading Stations to drop the slabs;• Complete automatic management system

composed by:

- Automatic battery charging stations;

- Server and Client Control Stations automatically interfaced with the rest of the factory

• General Software and Interface Management.

AGV - Automatic Guided Vehicles

are widely applied

in any industrial field

as they substitute

at all effect

the traditional forklifts

AGVs are not yet so common in

the aluminium plants, in spite of the

advantages offered by this system.

The Advantages given by automation are evident:

• more efficiency;• labour reduction, the AGV work 24 hours seven days in the

week;• dramatic reduction of human errors;• safety for the workers, machine and materials;• full traceability of the materials;• optimization of the inventory;• flexibility: the AGV can work indoor and outdoor, and also in

the dark;• no pollution, neither with noise nor with gas.

Working principle

According to the Customer data we will place

along the paths the necessary ‘REFERENCE

POINTS’ that interchange signals with the devices

on board of the various vehicles, so as they can

recognize the paths.

How do the AGVs move?How do the AGVs move?

The vehicle functions by battery, and on the paths, according to the needs, will be placed one or more battery recharger.

The vehicle feels their own battery level and automatically go to the energizer when it is necessary.

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

The AGV's are available with different guidance systems such as:

• Induction Guide

for data transmission and / or power transmission

• Laser Guide

BY LASERThe control systems use a rotating laser scan.

The laser returns the distance of apposite reflecting object placed in the plant.

Than, the AGV position and orientation are triangulated

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

The IT management of the system enables the

connection to the Customer’s Host as well as the

interface with other devices, such as scales, RFID,

automatic doors and of course the remote assistance.

How are AGVs working

for metal industry ?

On the basing of following data:

1.The paths;

2.The material characteristics;

3.The material flow (i.e. the movements’ frequency)

INCREASE EFFICENTY

in aluminium industry from CastHouse to FinishedProfile

Integrated logistic solutions

AGV for COILS

interfaced with

automatic warehouse

example of Coilsexample of Coils flow

AGV working

interfaced with

automatic warehouse

B) For Extruders

1. handling of billets

2. handling of bulk profiles

As DimaSimma was developing specific solutions for the

aluminium field:

Automatic Warehouse and AGV for:

SLAB & PLATE – COILS - SHEETS – DIES - PROFILE

Before..... ....After

3. Handling of aluminium packet

4. AGV for transport of aluminium profiles from/to static shelving or automatic honeycomb warehouses

Integration

C) For metal dealers

handling of sheets, of rolls, bundles and so on

Characteristics of the investment:

• AGV is adaptable for any type of product for any manufacturing organization, in any way and for any method of storage, fixed or automatic.

• AGV is usually implemented in the existing warehouse environments, without modifying the site

WHY AUTOMATION ?

• more efficiency;

• labour reduction,

•dramatic reduction of human errors;

• safety for the workers, machine and materials;

• full traceability of the materials;

•optimization of the inventory flexibility;

• the AGV can work indoor, outdoor, in the dark

• no pollution, neither with noise nor with gas

As a result, the investment

results budget-friendly and

quickly returned

The high efficiency given by integrated logistics can make the difference,

not only in the reduction of costs,

but also and especially in the improvement of the efficiency and of the service to the customer.

LOGISTICS & SERVICE IMPROVEMENT

make the difference

FUTUREin aluminium industry

Integrated logistic solutions

...Thanks!

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