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handling storage packaging

integrated logistics

BERTOLOTTI is specialised in customized logis-

tic systems for iron & steel, foundry and forge

industries.

Whether for transportation, warehousing or pack-

ing applications, we supply individual solutions

and systems aimed at making production more

effective by improving the material flow, mini-

mizing the disruptions for maintenance, maxim-

ising the technical availability of the facilities

and most importantly preserving the product's

quality.

Our design is based on the following milestone

concepts:

equipment based on standard design concepts

and components (commercial off-the-shelf) but

tailored for specific application;

excellence of safety devices for personnel pro-

tection;

long lasting and reliable are characteristics of

the equipment with reduced maintenance require-

ments and costs;

automation systems geared by failsafe and

redundancy concepts;

robust construction and high safety factor-based

design of structural frameworks, drive systems

and motion groups.

FULLY AUTOMATED COIL HANDLING SYSTEMS

we tailor our systems to suit our customer’s needs and specific circumstances

Standardisation of the parts i.e. spares inven-

tories held to a minimum.

The equipment is designed to require mini-

mum lubrication and maintenance. Whererever

possible, “sealed-for-life” components and

centralised lubrication systems shall be pro-

vided; where this is not practical, facilities

Minimisation of the frequency and duration of

periods required for inspection, lubrication,

adjustment and maintenance of equipment.

Equipment laid out that operation and mainte-

nance personnel are provided with safe access

and clearance to work on or to remove and

replace any specific item of equipment.

Material Data administration and tracking.

Assembly and testing of plant units will be at

our premises prior to despatch to site.

As far as possible, all such units will be trans-

ported to site as pre-assemled parts and

erected with cable and piping connections

arranged with “Quick-Fit” solutions.

shall be installed which will require infrequent

attention from lubrication personnel.

All grease lubrication points shall be provided

with accessible manual grease nipples wheth-

er or not part of a centralised system.

High degree of automation can be easily

understood by plant operators.

exchange as well as product identification,

overall and detailed visualisation, tracking and

communication with the upper level informative

systems.

The result is improved management of invento-

ries and data, increased production levels, bet-

ter service and value for the ultimate client.

Along with a stronghold on mechanical and

hydraulic fluid disciplines, a continuously grow-

ing importance is being gained by automation in

the field of logistics and packaging systems.

Our design team has knowledge, competence

and experience of the various technical solu-

tions for power transmission and signals

Feasibility studies are also commonly com-

plemented by simulations, allowing the overall

dynamic testing of the complete facility against

assumed operational conditions, thus tailoring

the architecture of our systems.

A technical-commercial proposal always fol-

lows a detailed project analysis with identifi-

cation of the criticalities, and appropriate

dimensioning of the machinery and systems.

The result is a thorough technical specification

with risk assessment, general arrangement

layouts and an economical evaluation.

what we can offer you:

complete systems, including automation

AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle),

Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems,

automatic bar code reading devices;

industrial cameras for supervision or conduction of

remote operations;

industrial vision applications;

conveyors for coils, sheets, sheet packs, plates,

slabs, pipes, pipe bundles, bulk materials;

special overhead and semi-portal cranes;

HMI systems;

automatic labelling and marking units;

manipulators for coils, sheet packs and slabs;

palletizers;

robotics;

slab inspection, measuring and weighing devices;

material tracking facilities;

stretch film wrapping machines for coils, slit coils

and sheet packs;

feeding equipment for paper, cardboard, masonite and

other wood-aggregate material and metal sheets;

coil dimension measuring, labelling, marking, cen-

tring and weighing;

automatic warehousing (high-bay and flat storages).

criterion:

safety and Technical Availability;

good design;

sound fabrication;

state-of-the art, proven components;

ease in management;

maintenance-free.

Heavy duty handling for hot and cold rolled coils.

Walking beam conveyors with reduced maintenance requirements,

based on a cam-wheel arrangement with two lift cylinders only.

Walking beam conveyors capable of handling up to 20 coils of 40t each.

We taylor our systems to suit our customer's needs.

Our systems are designed to facilitate interfacing with existing equipment.

BERTOLOTTI Spa creates a range of

highly developed coil movement systems

that use self-moving or self-guided cars

on tracks and are based on the latest

and safest control and command tech-

nologies.

The system is modular and every car

moves autonomously on predefined rou-

tes and respects stops and speed limits

on the basis of a production program

and according to the conditions and

relevant obstacles along the route. Future

enlargements and alterations are there-

fore always possible.

coil handling

A central control system coordinates every

single vehicle’s operations (missions), in pro-

portion to the flow of material. The communi-

cation system (based on 802.11X WiFi stan-

dard) permits a continuous real time exchan-

ge of data and instructions between the cars

and the central control system.

The safety of people and things is ensured

by a laser technology scanner which is able

to register an obstacle up to 15 metres away

and to cause the vehicle to stop, as well as

by anti intrusion barriers. Every car has auxi-

liary functions, depending on its uses, such

as the vertical movement of the coil which is

centred along the longitudinal axis in relation

to a fixed support.

BERTOLOTTI creates movement systems

which are perfectly integrated with the pro-

duction and consumption plants and with the

pre-existing movement machinery, be it

manual or automatic.

A computerized system allows the real time

tracing of every shifted product, allowing a

remote operator to observe, analyse and con-

dition the evolving situation. The computeri-

zed system is integrated with the client’s

various production management systems

which are based on the commonest databa-

ses (Oracle, MySql, SQLServer).

BERTOLOTTI undertakes the definition of

coil logistics, the analysis of optimum oper-

ation sequences, the rationalization of

material flow, and the supply of all neces-

sary equipment including automation and

specialised prototype machines.

The customer's layout constraints are

accommodated by our proposal and the

existing equipment is integrated into our

overall safety system so as to guarantee

the security of operators and the integrity

and improved life of the machinery.

This includes the appraisal of all dangerous

conditions and subsequent identification of

equipment, sensors, strategies and proce-

dures to offset all existing critical factors

conveying, handling, storage

and ensure 100% safe working conditions.

The safety system may incorporate solu-

tions to prevent collision with any unfore-

seen hindrance and to warn personnel who

might accidentally get on the run-way,

reducing the speed of the moving equip-

ment and automatically bringing it to a stop

if the obstacle is not cleared away.

Facilities are designed and built to suit the

harsh working conditions which are nor-

mally encountered in the steel industry.

All systems are fully inclusive of the auto-

mation technology necessary to control

transfer, handling, supervision tasks and

storage management.

automatic warehouses

storage delivery

packingtemper millsemiportal

pick-up

BERTOLOTTI Spa creates automatic systems

for the storage of coils, the movement of

which is mainly aerial and is entrusted to an

unmanned bridge crane.

The core of the management system is a sof-

tware that analyses in real time the confor-

mation of the warehouse and optimizes the

positioning of the coils on the basis of size,

weight and expected storage time. This

increases the efficiency of the movement

system, especially in two or three story

warehouses: the algorithm reduces the num-

ber of unpaid and unnecessary movements

for the collecting of the exiting coils.

Each bridge crane has a three-dimensional

surveying system which allows the geome-

trical mapping of the warehouse. The compa-

rison between the plotted map, and the one

calculated on the basis of memorised data,

allows the immediate recording of positional

errors, therefore avoiding misplacements and

the need to reposition data manually.

The successful integration of the control

system with the client’s production manage-

ment systems is guaranteed by the use of

standard applied development software tools

such as SqiServer, MySql, Oracle and Visual

Studio.

The basic architecture for the management of

the warehouse is created through a server

system on which the relevant data is stored and

the management algorithms are performed.

pickling line 2

pickling line 1

A series of remote client work stations enable an operator to

control and influence the operations on the basis of a data

access permission system.

The safety of people and things is entrusted to laser scanning

systems, that are both fixed to the ground and on the bridge

cranes. These systems allow an accurate and reliable inspec-

tion of the operative areas and block the mobile elements in

case of an intrusion or in the presence of an obstacle.

The products are handled with great care, especially during

collection and storage. This is possible thanks to an accura-

te alignment between the gripping system and the product.

An accurate positional recording system and a newly con-

ceived anti-swaying system, as well as the regulation of the

speed of vertical translation, diminish the possibility of colli-

sions that could damage the product.

packaging lines

Packaging facilities can have different levels

of automation.

They combine conveying equipment and dedi-

cated 'stations' where manual packaging acti-

vities are carried out, or automatic machines

are integrated:

circumference strapping machines;

coil-eye strapping machines;

paper/plastic feeding and winding machines;

stretch film wrapping machines.

bayes configuration

in-line configuration

Coil diameter and width are measured on

dedicated stations as well as coil centring,

weighing, inlet-label scanning, marking, label

printing and label application.

The packaging line can also be enhanced by

assembly surveillance systems:

fully integrated control for data administration

('tracking') and linkage with the production

management system;

on-line remote diagnosis and assistance.

safe ergonomic working environment

Conveying and handling;

coil dimension measuring;

coil centring;

integration and supply of automatic machines;

manual packing stations;

weighing;

plant automation and supervision;

labelling/marking;

on-line remote monitoring.

metallic edge protection manufacturing lines;

metallic shells (corrugated type) for sea-worthy

packaging manufacturing lines;

metallic sleeve manufacturing lines;

marking equipment.

The packaging line is tailor made for each indi-

vidual project (type of packaging, material

flow, lay-out constraints) and individual custo-

mer's needs.

our product range also includes:

Packaging facilities are included in the overall

logistics concept to increase the productivity and

efficiency of the packaging department.

Up-stream and down-stream equipment and

necessities, packaging type and required capac-

ity are pillars of the system’s structure; optimally

organising material flow and speeding-up of

packing tasks are key objectives.

The customer's layout constraints are accommo-

dated into our proposal and the existing equip-

ment is integrated into our overall safety system

so as to guarantee the security of operators and

the integrity and prolonged life of machinery.

This includes the appraisal of all dangerous con-

ditions and the subsequent identification of

equipment, sensors, strategies and procedures

necessary to offset all existing critical factors

and ensure 100% safe working conditions.

The facilities are designed and built to suit the

harsh working conditions which are normally

encountered in the steel industry.

All systems are fully inclusive of automation

technology to control transfer, handling, auto-

matic packing tasks and data management.

BERTOLOTTI S.p.A. Località S.Antonio 50064 INCISA V.no (FI) Italy Phone (+39) 055 833171 Telefax (+39) 055 8335641 impianti@bertolottispa.it