Best Practices Magazine - issue nº1 - English

Case Study I Hayat Kimya
Advantages for Hayat Kimya
- High storage capacity: 161,000 pallets, 800 x 1200 mm in size and each weighing a maximum of
700 kg can be warehoused, in a surface area of 12,500 m 2 .
- Production cost savings: they have built four overpasses connecting the factories and the front
of the warehouse. Each day an average of 6,500 pallets come into the warehouse, peaking at
400 pallets per hour.
- Total control of the automated warehouse: thanks to the Mecalux Easy WMS (Warehouse
Management Software), Hayat Kimya controls all the processes and operations that take place
inside the warehouse, from the moment the product leaves packaging lines until it is delivered.
- Remote support, remote maintenance: Mecalux is available to give technical support to Hayat
Kimya 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Technical data
Length of the warehouse
120 m
Width of the warehouse
105 m
Height of the warehouse
46 m
Storage capacity
161,000 pallets
No. of storage aisles 15
No. of docks 24
No. of double cradle stacker cranes 15
Extraction system
double-depth
Total electrified monorails
> 900 linear metres
No. of shuttles in the installation 55
Total in overpasses
> 420 linear metres
Total number of lifts 12
Total number of shuttles 4
Live channels for picking 118
Live preloads 17
Total live preload channels 51
Automatic unloading platform 1
Pallet input per day 6,500
Maximum pallet input per hour 400
Pallet output per day 7,000
Maximum pallet output per hour 450
Average truckloads issued per day > 200
Weight of the warehouse structure 10,000 t
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