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24 Magazine Issue 18 Visit www.mhwmagazine.co.uk MHW Materials Handling World Konecranes, a global leader in the manufacturing of overhead lifting equipment, offers real-time remote monitoring services to capture critical production and crane usage data on demanding process cranes. Reliability and Productivity Services with remote monitoring can help to maximise uptime, increase safety, optimise performance, and achieve the highest lifecycle value of equipment. Remote monitoring allows for more accurate and in- depth analysis of crane usage that helps to reveal issues outside of standard maintenance checklists, including emerging deficiencies in processes, capacity, usage and overall operating efficiency. Konecranes remote monitoring packages include reliability- based monitoring for more efficient troubleshooting and a more proactive productivity- and performance-based monitoring solution that ensures the highest level of crane availability with Global Technical Support (GTS). The Konecranes remote monitoring system sends around- the-clock crane usage data via advanced connections to Konecranes GTS centres located in the United States, Finland and China. The main fixed connection and a secondary wireless connection (i.e. 3G, GPRS or satellite), attached to the crane, transfer information through a secure VPN on a redundant w24 router. In addition, some processed data can be integrated with the customer’s IT system. Reliability remote monitoring services capture crane usage data through continuous monitoring. As maintenance issues arise, customers and service technicians KONECRANES REMOTE MONITORING SERVICES HELP TO INCREASE RELIABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY can troubleshoot more efficiently with faster response times and resolutions. Maintenance services can be performed based on the actual usage data of cranes. Reliability monitoring tracks usage trends, including unsafe or improper crane usage, which might not be detected during standard, periodic maintenance inspections. Downtime can be minimised or prevented using the fault histories generated through remote monitoring to predict emerging technical and mechanical problems. Optional improvement reports are also available for planning predictive maintenance. The advanced Productivity remote monitoring services provide real-time data that is monitored online by skilled engineers to enable higher crane availability, optimal Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), informed lifecycle planning and continual customer process improvement. Konecranes engineers use state-of-the-art technology and software at the GTS centres to locate and predict maintenance needs and other critical issues, including production-related process problems. Recommended improvements can be put into action within the same work shift, if appropriate. Problems can also be proactively identified using the simple, graphic interface that is available online. In order to help determine the customer’s competitive position, productivity and performance-based monitoring also benchmarks actual crane OEE performance with the customer’s other cranes or with industry standards. [email protected] Tel: +44 1914 873898 www.konecranes-uk.com The Netherlands are known worldwide as exporters of fresh fruit where a wealth of different varieties are planted, irrigated, fertilised, harvested, along with the challenge of storage and distribution. Key to success is the ability to deliver large quantities of the various fruits to supermarkets as quickly as possible requiring fast accurate processing within the order- picking warehouse. Process automation and optimisation with RFID For this new distribution centre, numerous roller and belt conveyors for transporting and sorting the harvested fresh fruit, plus workplaces for fruit care needed to be intregrated with the right identification technology to ensure the efficient flow of goods. To achieve error-free data and thus ensure the efficient flow of goods, the warehouse management system needed to reliably identify the pallet of fruit and so H.M. de Jong selected proven and reliable partners in Egemin for the conveyor and storage technology, and Leuze electronic as specialists for identification technology. Leuze electronic “the sensor people” being experts in both optical and RFID identification are able to offer a range of solutions and present the best solution for the application. In summary the technical possibilities and considerations were: Barcode technology • which functions quickly, is economical and well proven, was not ideal because of the risk of the fresh fruit or moisture soiling damaging the barcode labels, and making error-free identification uncertain. Compared with optical • methods, RFID is a more robust technology in terms of its ability to withstand extremely adverse environmental conditions and negates the risk of soiling and other damage to code labels. Because data transmission occurs via a magnetic field, RFID systems are capable of identifying items through materials and so the code or data-carrier can be covered or indeed fitted inside a tray, without impacting on the reliability of the identification tasks. Thus the Dutch company opted for an RFID system, which was ideally suited for this application, because of its robustness. The pallets arrive from the fruit farms in widely varying conditions and therefore, the pallets are placed on system pallets referred to as “slave boards”. An RFID transponder is mounted in the geometric centre of the slave board, to ensure reliable detection regardless of the direction of travel, whether lengthways, sideways or diagonally. When the merchandise is placed onto the ‘slave pallet’ an assignment is made which is unique and traceable. The readers fit perfectly between the rollers of the material handling systems and read the desired transponder data (e.g. the pallet number) from below as the pallets pass by. The path of the pallet can be reliably detected and controlled, independent of whether the pallet is being stored with a new load or if the fruit is being transported for order picking. The locations of the individual pallets can be called up and traced at any time. Thus, fast and smooth order processing is ensured, even with varying stock levels or in the event of system malfunctions. The merchandise can be transported to the customer even fresher. Tel: 01480 408500 [email protected] www.leuze.co.uk JUICY RED TOMATOES RELY ON LEUZE ELECTRONIC’S RFID
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24 Magazine Issue 18 Visit www.mhwmagazine.co.ukM H WMaterials Handling World
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Konecranes, a global leader in the manufacturing of overhead lifting equipment, offers real-time remote monitoring services to capture critical production and crane usage data on demanding process cranes. Reliability and Productivity Services with remote monitoring can help to maximise uptime, increase safety, optimise performance, and achieve the highest lifecycle value of equipment. Remote monitoring allows for more accurate and in-depth analysis of crane usage that helps to reveal issues outside of standard maintenance checklists, including emerging deficiencies in processes, capacity, usage and overall operating efficiency. Konecranes remote monitoring packages include reliability-based monitoring for more efficient troubleshooting and a more proactive productivity- and performance-based monitoring solution that ensures the highest level of crane availability with Global Technical Support (GTS). The Konecranes remote monitoring system sends around-the-clock crane usage data via advanced connections to Konecranes GTS centres located in the United States, Finland and China. The main fixed connection and a secondary wireless connection (i.e. 3G, GPRS or satellite), attached to the crane, transfer information through a secure VPN on a redundant w24 router. In addition, some processed data can be integrated with the customer’s IT system. Reliability remote monitoring services capture crane usage data through continuous monitoring. As maintenance issues arise, customers and service technicians
Konecranes remote monitoring services Help to increase reliability and productivity
can troubleshoot more efficiently with faster response times and resolutions. Maintenance services can be performed based on the actual usage data of cranes. Reliability monitoring tracks usage trends, including unsafe or improper crane usage, which might not be detected during standard, periodic maintenance inspections. Downtime can be minimised or prevented using the fault histories generated through remote monitoring to predict emerging technical and mechanical problems. Optional improvement reports are also available for planning predictive maintenance. The advanced Productivity remote monitoring services provide real-time data that is monitored online by skilled engineers to enable higher crane availability, optimal Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), informed lifecycle planning and continual customer process improvement. Konecranes engineers use state-of-the-art technology and software at the GTS centres to locate and predict maintenance needs and other critical issues, including production-related process problems. Recommended improvements can be put into action within the same work shift, if appropriate. Problems can also be proactively identified using the simple, graphic interface that is available online. In order to help determine the customer’s competitive position, productivity and performance-based monitoring also benchmarks actual crane OEE performance with the customer’s other cranes or with industry standards.
[email protected] Tel: +44 1914 873898
www.konecranes-uk.com
The Netherlands are known worldwide as exporters of fresh fruit where a wealth of different varieties are planted, irrigated, fertilised, harvested, along with the challenge of storage and distribution. Key to success is the ability to deliver large quantities of the various fruits to supermarkets as quickly as possible requiring fast accurate processing within the order-picking warehouse.
Process automation and optimisation with RFIDFor this new distribution centre, numerous roller and belt conveyors for transporting and sorting the harvested fresh fruit, plus workplaces for fruit care needed to be intregrated with the right identification technology to ensure the efficient flow of goods. To achieve error-free data and thus ensure the efficient flow of goods, the warehouse management system needed to reliably identify the pallet of fruit and so H.M. de Jong selected proven and reliable partners in Egemin for the conveyor and storage technology, and Leuze electronic as specialists for identification technology.
Leuze electronic “the sensor people” being experts in both optical and RFID identification are able to offer a range of solutions and present the best solution for the application. In summary the technical possibilities and considerations were:
Barcode technology •which functions quickly, is economical and well proven, was not ideal because of the risk of the fresh fruit or moisture soiling damaging the barcode labels, and making error-free identification uncertain.
Compared with optical •methods, RFID is a more robust technology in terms of its ability to withstand extremely adverse environmental conditions and negates the risk of soiling and other damage to code labels. Because data transmission occurs via a magnetic field, RFID systems are capable of identifying items through
materials and so the code or data-carrier can be covered or indeed fitted inside a tray, without impacting on the reliability of the identification tasks.
Thus the Dutch company opted for an RFID system, which was ideally suited for this application, because of its robustness.
The pallets arrive from the fruit farms in widely varying conditions and therefore, the pallets are placed on system pallets referred to as “slave boards”. An RFID transponder is mounted in the geometric centre of the slave board, to ensure reliable detection regardless of the direction of travel, whether lengthways, sideways or diagonally. When the merchandise is placed onto the ‘slave pallet’ an assignment is made which is unique and traceable.
The readers fit perfectly between the rollers of the material handling systems and read the desired transponder data (e.g. the pallet number) from below as the pallets pass by. The path of the pallet can be reliably detected and controlled, independent of whether the pallet is being stored with a new load or if the fruit is being transported for order picking. The locations of the individual pallets can be called up and traced at any time. Thus, fast and smooth order processing is ensured, even with varying stock levels or in the event of system malfunctions. The merchandise can be transported to the customer even fresher.
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