Project in China
SSI Schaefer automates warehouse for ZF Friedrichshafen
ZF has commissioned SSI Schaefer with the automation of its new warehouse area in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. The scope of supply and services includes an automated small parts warehouse with storage and retrieval machines, container and pallet conveyor technology and the logistics software for a warehouse control system. The new warehouse solution will improve work capacity, optimize storage volume and increase picking performance.
ZF is a global market leader for driveline and chassis technology and is also active in the field of passive safety technology. The company is represented by 146,000 employees at around 230 locations in 40 countries. ZF is one of the largest suppliers to the automotive industry worldwide and needed a modern, semi-automated system that met the requirements of in-house production. In order to improve work capacity, reduce manual labor and lower the error rate, the free space in the existing warehouse was used to build a 4-aisle automated small parts warehouse and a 19-aisle narrow aisle warehouse. Further objectives are to optimize the storage volume and improve picking performance. In conjunction with this, the project aims to increase the level of automation in the warehouse and boost process efficiency and throughput.
SSI Schaefer will install a pallet conveyor system that transports the spare parts on pallets to two different storage areas. The pallets will be automatically guided into the narrow-aisle storage area by 12 narrow-aisle forklifts, controlled by the SAP logistics software. After retrieval, the pallets are transferred to the existing production line. A full pallet is first transported to the depalletizing robot. After repacking, the containers are placed on the container conveyor system and transported to the automated small parts warehouse with 56,400 container storage locations. Four Schäfer Miniload Cranes (SMC) with a handling capacity of up to 430 bins per hour take care of storage and retrieval in the automated small parts warehouse. After receiving instructions from SAP, the bins are transported to the picking area. The system is rounded off by the powerful Wamas logistics software. Project implementation is already underway - the go-live is planned for August 2019.
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