Packaging
40,000 pallet storage slots for Hassia
Wednesday 14. January 2009 - The Hassia Group, with its six subsidiaries and 1,200 employees, ranks among Germanys best-selling mineral water brands.
At its hometown facility in Bad Vilbel, Hassia Mineralquellen is now building an automated bay-type warehouse, a job being handled in its entirety by Krones. The 20-m-high, 75-m-long and 113-m-wide warehouse has been designed as a channel warehouse featuring approximately 40,000 pallet storage slots. A total of 16 transverse travelling carriages with lift capability handle two pallet levels at a time on the shelving.
Besides a link-up to the existing electric overhead conveyor, the delivery package also includes creating an additional pallet conveyor level for connecting the warehouse to the newly installed order-picking system and the dispatch zones, designed for rear and side loading. In addition, Krones is supplying the control system and the material flow computer. The warehouse will be ready to begin operation for the 2009 season.