Business case CIAK AUTO Zagreb, Croatia

Project: development of solutions and implementation of systems for internal transport and handling and sorting in the distribution center
Investor: CIAK AUTO Zagreb, Croatia;
End-user: CIAK AUTO Zagreb, Croatia;
The beginning of the project: March 2020
Description: System of transport crates (dim.600x400x400(mm)). unified communication on 3 levels, ground level +1+1. From the upper levels of the crates, conveyors move and descend with spiral fans-spiral conveyors on the ground level where sorting is performed. The capacity of the system is 700 parcels per hour, of which 70% from the ground floor, 20% from the first and from the second level. Additional note: The system is endless sophisticated and automated, using components, systems and platforms of several renowned players from this business. This time, Trasing team has stepped deeper into the technology of executing complex projects by creating a modular system composed of a platform that comes to us from others: Ambaflex, Interroll, SEW-a, reducing their own contribution products to a less extent, insisting on the ultimate quality solution that we will conduct with the help of our friends-companies, and at the same time the nut capacities will be free to dedicate to other ongoing rojects.

   

How much such a project is required, what it means to be precise an engineering approach, maybe it will best illustrate minutes from the meeting with the client, in the moments when everything is already established, and what you will read is the minutes from the notebook of engineer Djordje Momcilovic, Project Manager and Lead Manager Trasing:

Summary of the meeting held at the premises Ciak Auto on February 27, 2020.

1. The appearance has been changed, on several points.
• Defined final positions of spiral conveyors. Spiral 2 (right) was moved to the right by 8m, which resulted in extending the conveyors on the first floor and ground floor by 8m.
• Both spirals were moved to the internal warehouses in order to route bypassed electrical installations.
• Due to the need to access the main electrical cabinet, the route on the ground floor was changed towards the warehouse, in order to make enough space around the electrical cabinet. Because of this change, add 2 curves that return conveyors to their original case.
• Sorting will not be in another space, but returned to the storage space, behind the wall. With that aim, conveyors are shortened it by 8,6m on the ground floor, and the anti-fire curtain is not necessary anymore, and it will not be the subject of delivery.
• In order not to endanger the forklift passage corridor, the gravity conveyors at exists 6 and 7 have been shortened by 1m.
• Conveyors on the first and the second floor will weaken on the floor of the warehouse construction, and a load of 1m will be delivered due to a check with the warehouse manufacturer.
• Trasing will deliver the final route and position the spiral, before assembly in order to Ciak can remove its storage fields that interfere with installation in time.
• Conveyors will have a protective fence with the external side (opposite from the investment side) in order to expand the possibilities of the box falling and endangering safety operator.
• One type of transport box will exist, regular shape with a flat bottom, dimension 600x400x400 (max), and the total weight of the box with the load will be 30kg.
• On the link, you can see our proposal box. https://schoellerallibert.com/products/4130760/
• Note: any changes that affect the price adjustment, will be recorded

2. The position of the electrical cabinet - defined

3. Emergency stop buttons - arranged
• Two buttons in the sort segment
• Three buttons on the ground floor
• Three buttons on the first level
• Two buttons on the second level

4. Power cord – Ciak’s obligation to bring the power cord to the electrical cabinet. After the final solution Trasing will inform Ciak installed power of electrical cabinets.

5. Communication cable – the customer sets up a communication cable between the server and the PLC. The cable must be in the category CAT6a or more. RJ45 connectors must be of the industrial type (metal housing). Also, provide an internet connection via the same cable.

6. Provide a list of free IP addresses. Trasing will subsequently provide the number of required IP addresses.

7. The line is controlled via the Touch panel located on the electrical cabinet.

8. WMS change required. Communication between WMS and PLC is two-way. The WMS should connect the number of the delivery note (account) with the number of transport boxes. Based on the delivery note WMS assigns a number to the output at which the transport box is to be sorted. The number of outputs should be double digits (01, 02, 03 ...). The PLC forwards to the WMS the read bar code from the scanner installed on the line. The WMS returns the PLC to the output number based on the received message.

9. Communication is via the TCP / IP protocol. Telegrams are sent as ASCII messages. Trasing will subsequently provide communication details between the PLC and the WMS.

10. The data exchanged between PLC and WMS is time-limited to 500ms.

11. The bar code stickers that stick on the transport box must be CODE 128.

12. The bar code should be glued vertically, about 100mm from the bottom of the box, to both long sides of the box.

13. The bar code length – Ciak provided a sample of barcode labels. Trasing will subsequently, after proving, provide information on whether the label has read our bar code with a scanner.

14. The quality bar code must satisfy ANSI B.

15. The bar code line thickness from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm. The characteristics when creating a barcode are shown below.

   

This project is presented IN VIVO and its completion and commissioning are expected at the beginning of the second half of this year and we will monitor and wait with care for the project to be handed over! STAY TUNED!