Fully automated deep-freeze warehouse
French fries and co. at minus 25 °C
Frozen food logistics places the highest demands on space utilization, performance, availability and energy efficiency. In order to meet these requirements, Aviko, one of the world market leaders for chilled potato products, decided to expand and modernize its existing systems - with SSI Schaefer as the general contractor for intralogistics.
Aviko Deutschland GmbH has commissioned SSI Schaefer with the combination of new construction and modernization of the logistics center at the Rain am Lech production site. As a subsidiary of the Dutch Aviko Group, the company is one of the world's largest potato processors and a leading international supplier of chilled potato products. As general contractor, SSI Schaefer is responsible for the logistics concept, the implementation planning and the new construction of a 2-aisle high-bay warehouse (HBW). The intralogistics expert is also responsible for the retrofit of two existing freezer shuttle warehouses, thus creating a single logistics unit.
The new multi-deep HBW offers 11,000 pallet spaces for around 600 items. To ensure the quality of the products, a constant temperature of -25 °C is maintained in the warehouse. Two universal Exyz storage and retrieval machines are used in the new high-bay warehouse. With one SSI Orbiter LHD each as a load handling device, together they achieve a handling capacity of 32 storage and 46 retrieval operations per hour. SSI Schaefer supplies energy-efficient conveyor technology components for the fast transport of palletized items between the various warehouses and dispatch. These include 158 roller conveyors and chain conveyors, 27 corner transfer units, three 90° turntables and seven loading and unloading stations.
The Wamas logistics software from SSI Schaefer ensures the coordination of all material flows in the entire unit. The integrated Wamas Lighthouse visualization system also offers maximum transparency regarding system utilization and material flows. The system expansion at the Rain site will provide Aviko with space for around 25,000 pallets in the future. At the same time, the throughput of the entire system will be increased from around 88 pallets to 132 pallets per hour. The expanded and modernized system is scheduled to go into operation in late summer 2019.
In Rain, Aviko mainly produces French fries and fried potatoes for Germany and Austria as well as the Italian and south-eastern European markets. Every year, 280,000 tons of potatoes are delivered to the production site, from which around 170,000 tons of frozen products are made.
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