Modern AutoStore® warehouse for original Giesswein mill products in Austria
Giesswein Walkwaren AG is a Tyrolean family business in its third generation. From hand-picked wool in traditional quality, modern, sustainable and functional clothing and shoes are produced in our own production facilities. With special know-how and a holistic approach, the company has developed into Europe's leading manufacturer of clothing made of 100% new wool. At the Brixlegg site, a finished goods warehouse was built in an existing warehouse to support the constantly growing online shop business and stationary trade. The tailor-made concept with the modern, versatile AutoStore® system was developed by Hörmann Logistik.
Concept
Joint planning discussions and several system simulations with real data led to the individual AutoStore® system configuration with 31 robots and 17,500 containers on nine levels. The height of the AutoStore® grid was determined by the 4.6-metre high existing hall.
In order to guarantee the performance specifications of 140 storage and 900 retrieval operations per hour, 5 carousel and 3 conveyor workstation modules were initially provided. A further carousel workstation module has already been preconfigured. The single-double grid with the overall dimensions of 26.1 x 30.4 x 3.1 m (L x W x H) is clad on two sides.
The 17,500 containers in the standard format 649 mm x 449 mm x 330 mm (L x W x H) each allow a load capacity of approx. 30 kg.
31 robots supply the Carousel workstations 8 hours a day. This requires a charging process per robot of approx. 4 hours per day, for which a total of 24 charging stations are provided at the edge of the grid.
Maximum flexibility and efficiency
In principle, all workstations are equipped so that goods receipts or picking can be carried out there at any time. The incoming goods are delivered to the workstation by the warehouse staff.
In the grid system, stacks of 9 containers each are placed directly on the hall floor. A single-double-grid rail system is mounted above the stacks of containers, on which the battery-powered, autonomous robots travel. They pick up containers cooperatively, re-sort them as required and serve them at the carousel ports. The containers can be flexibly subdivided by means of separating inserts for the use of several articles.
The AutoStore® system at Giesswein Walkwaren in Brixlegg was put into operation in July 2020.
"The new AutoStore system makes our picking processes much more effective and makes our employees' work easier. A benefit for the whole team."
Markus Giesswein
Owner
Maximale Flexibilität und Effizienz
Prinzipiell sind alle Arbeitsplätze so ausgestattet, dass dort jederzeit Wareneingänge oder auch Kommissionierungen durchgeführt werden können. Die Andienung der Eingangswaren am Arbeitsplatz erfolgt durch die Lagermitarbeiter.
In dem Rastersystem stehen Stapel mit jeweils 9 Behältern direkt auf dem Hallenboden. Über den Behälterstapeln ist ein Single-Double-Grid Fahrschienensystem montiert, auf dem die batteriebetriebenen, autonomen Roboter fahren. Sie nehmen kooperativ Behälter auf, sortieren sie bei Bedarf um und dienen diese an den Carousel-Ports an. Die Behälter können durch Trenneinlagen flexibel für die Nutzung mehrerer Artikel unterteilt werden.
Das AutoStore® System bei Giesswein Walkwaren in Brixlegg wurde im Juli 2020 in Betrieb genommen.
AutoStore Giesswein Brixlegg
Die neue AutoStore Anlage macht unsere Kommissionierungsprozesse wesentlich effektiver und erleichtert unseren Mitarbeitern die Arbeit. Ein Gewinn für das ganze Team.
Markus Giesswein
Inhaber