Swisslog builds the new automatic frozen warehouse for TKL in Vienna
TKLleader in the Austrian market of controlled temperature food logistics, expands and for the realization of its new automatic warehouse freezer in Vienna, Austria, relies on the experience and technologies of Swisslogthe Swiss intralogistics multinational.
The expansion project, which will go into operation expected in the autumn of 2023, will feature a automated warehouse a vertical racking for pallets and a monorail electrical system which will also provide a withdrawal system semi-automatic, all capable of operating at an ambient temperature of minus 22 degrees Celsius.
The different operations will be orchestrated by SynQThe Swisslog warehouse management software.
Growth “at the time of the Coronavirus”
“The frozen food sector in recent years it has grown steadily and has seen a further push forward since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, “he says Wilhelm Leithner, managing partner of TKLexplaining the investment decision of his company and adds: “the consumption of frozen foods among households continues to grow, with the result that even TKL’s customers in the food sector have reported higher demand”.
The Austrian market leader in temperature-controlled logistics awarded the project to Swisslog because: “The company has a extensive experience in food and frozen food logistics and presented us with a compelling design with high performance technologies“, to conclude Leithner.
Vectura, CaddyPick and SynQ
The supply of Swisslog comprehends four Vectura stacker cranes fully automated for the handling of europallets or industrial pallets and a CaddyPick systemthe solution of collection which combines the person-to-goods principle with the zone-to-zone method.
CaddyPick is the proven and specific system for shops with mixed assortments and uses electric monorail vehicles moving through the warehouse picking aisles they are loaded with pallet or net pallet by order pickers traveling with them.
In GermanySwisslog has also installed the system in other major retail companies, including dm drogerie-markt And Gries Deco Company.
The control software for all technologies in addition to the warehouse management system is orchestrated by Swisslog’s SynQ.
“We are very pleased that TKL has placed its trust in us,” he says Christopher Herweg, Swisslog Sales Manager Germany and Austriaand adds, explaining that the planning process was particularly challenging due to the Coronavirus: “We did everything ‘remotely’, and it was a new experience for both TKL and us. The iterative and collaborative planning process, however, started in February 2020, it worked very well “.
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