Automation of Conveyor System for an E-commerce Warehouse in Netherlands

Business Case

A leading European E-commerce company wanted to setup automated warehouse to reduce manual operation, optimize cycle time and increase overall operational efficiency. A global market leader in Intralogistics solutions chose our Automation Engineering services to design, develop, test & commission automation controls for warehouse automation system, given our end-to-end warehouse automation expertise.

Systems and Tools

• Control System:
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 CPU 319F
  • Siemens SIMATIC Manager V5.5, S7 Distributed Safety
  • Siemens WinCC SCADA
• Drives: SEW MOVIMOT & MOVIPRO
• Vision System & Scanners: Cognex
• RFID- Balluf

Project Scope

Offsite (Remotely from Engineering centre)

• Engineering Design (URS)
• Design & development of Electrical drawings
• Engineering documentation (FDS & SDS)
• PLC Code development (1500+ IO’s)
• SCADA Graphics development (121 Screens, 50000 Tags)
• Integrated simulation testing of PLC & SCADA

Onsite (At the Warehouse, Netherlands)

• Power On, Initial commissioning
• Safety system start-up & debug (PROFIsafe)
• Integration of various controls devices, Cognex Vision, Sick Scanner, Balluf RFID (PROFINET IO)
• Communication with Warehouse Management system (WMS)
• Testing of Manual controls from SCADA
• Integrated auto sequence testing
• Cycle time optimization
• Operator staff training, production support & handover