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Process leading system with visualisation, control of pallet conveyor technique etc. |
| Logistics centre worldwide |
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| Process leading system with visualisation, |
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control of pallet conveyor technique,
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| container conveyor technique and safety technique |
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| Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim |
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| Task |
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The company Roche Diagnostics GmbH is world wide number one in the diagnostics area. From the central
logistic centre in Mannheim Roche’s subsidiaries in 170 countries, as well as customers in Europe are supplied
with reagents, instruments and spare parts. More than 4.000 consignments each day leave the site in Mannheim.
With the extension of the logistic centre the growth of the next years should be covered.
Aberle Automation GmbH & Co. KG received – leadmanaged by TGW Transportgeräte GmbH & Co. KG –
the order to supply the complete safety- and conveyor system controls. The required process control system
was supplied by Aberle Automation GmbH & Co. KG by order of Aldata Retail Solutions GmbH. The realization
was done within 12 months.
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Below the order handling system the supplied process control system coordinates and controls the material
flows of the connected conveyor system and machine controls. A complex plant visualization is part of the
process control system and is installed on approx. 50 PCS-clients. The subordinate controls are run by Siemens
S7-400 modules as well as Profibus DP/ASI-bus. The manual control of the pallet conveyor system was realized
by the newest panel generation Siemens MP 170. The registration of the barcodes is executed by 250 scanners
(Sick CLV430/450), serially connected to a network controller type CLX200.
Due to the spacious dimensions of the plant and the complex safety related requirements four safety controls
(Pilz PSS 3006-ETH) with safety bus connection were applied.
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Due to the complexity of the plant the 2,000 drives of
the pallet conveyor technique are equipped with ASIcompatible
de-central SEW-Movimot controls. The universal manual control allows an operation with the same device on three different controls. On the portable MP170 panels simple, easily understandable dialogues
were realized. The 2,000 drives of the container conveyor technique are controlled conventionally by de-central control cabinets in the field. The 400 emergency-stop buttons, openings for
maintenance and guard doors in the whole plant are
integrated by 98 E/A modules over the safety-bus.
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| Advantages for the customers |
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The automation realized by Aberle Automation GmbH & Co. KG is based on a continuous concept, which leads
to quick understanding and acceptance of the plant by users and maintenance staff.
The realized complete solution allows Roche a substantially higher order processing per day. Thereby Roche’s
constantly rising sales market is assured. |
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