Unitechnik Systems GmbH supported the system provider in the field of materials handling machinery and plant engineering for shaft and heavy-duty conveyor technology as well as mine and tunnel cooling with the construction of a high-bay warehouse and an automated small parts warehouse. In addition, Unitechnik optimized the control and visualization of all logistics processes using its UniWare warehouse management system.

The demand for mineral resources is increasing worldwide. The expertise of experienced suppliers and, above all, system integrators for shaft hoisting technology such as Siemag Tecberg GmbH is in demand: in order to expand its intralogistics capacity, the company at the Tecberg park site in Haiger pursued the goal of meeting the increasing demand and company growth through more efficient processes and optimized storage technology. The new logistics building created for this purpose makes use of the available space between an existing building and a complex of new product assembly halls that has since been completed. The fully automated high-bay warehouse (HRL) and the automated small parts warehouse (AKL) replace the previous manually managed warehouse. The single-aisle automated solutions are used to stock and provide preliminary products and to store finished goods for the construction of underground mining facilities as well as spare parts. On the storage and logistics area of only 675 m², particular emphasis was placed on making full use of the limited hall volume. In order to create sufficient storage space for Siemag Tecberg, the load carriers are stored double-deep. In addition, the hall height and length are very well utilized by the choice of storage and retrieval machine (SRM). The stacker cranes from Raiser Engineering are characterized by particularly short approach dimensions. In addition, an innovative safety braking system eliminates the buffer zone in front of the last rack positions. This saves even more storage space.

LVS UniWare collaborates with Microsoft Dynamics NAV

In addition to the new high-bay warehouse and miniload, the UniWare warehouse management system (WMS) from Unitechnik was introduced for the efficient control of all intralogistics processes. The partner for raw material mining thus also benefits from maximum transparency in warehouse management. All stocks and material movements can be visualized at any time for the entire plant using the UniWare WMS. The implementation of UniWare also includes an individual connection to the ERP system Microsoft Dynamics NAV. As a result, production and warehouse processes are even more closely interlinked, as both systems seamlessly exchange orders and status messages via the interface.