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News I Our customers<br />
Bem Brasil is keeping cool with clad-rack:<br />
Mecalux sets up automated storage in Brazil<br />
United Caps seals<br />
the deal: Mecalux<br />
to automate new<br />
warehouse<br />
This company, specialised in the manufacture<br />
and marketing of caps and closures,<br />
will incorporate an automated<br />
and asymmetrical, four tiered warehouse<br />
into its Wiltz (Luxembourg)<br />
plant.<br />
The warehouse, with a capacity for more<br />
than 5,000 pallets, will be managed by two<br />
stacker cranes and a Pallet Shuttle that will<br />
work with two types of pallets: 800 x 1,200<br />
x 2,200 mm and 800 x 1,200 x 2,700 mm.<br />
The warehouse management system,<br />
Easy WMS, will also be supplied, tasked<br />
with managing all the centre’s own operations.<br />
For the first time in its history,<br />
Easy WMS will be permanently connected<br />
to Axapta (Microsoft Dynamics AX), the<br />
ERP system that the client uses.<br />
United Caps is a leader in the design and production<br />
of plastic caps and closures. With<br />
their headquarters in Luxembourg, this<br />
family business offers its innovative solutions<br />
throughout the world and has its<br />
own production plants in France, Belgium,<br />
Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg<br />
and Spain. The company, which had an annual<br />
turnover of 122.000.000 € in 2015,<br />
employs more than 530 workers.<br />
The very popular Brazilian company,<br />
specialised in the production of precooked,<br />
frozen potato products, has<br />
entrusted Mecalux to design, install<br />
and launch a clad-rack automated<br />
warehouse. This warehouse has<br />
the capacity of storing more than<br />
33,000 pallets, 1,000 x 1,200 mm in<br />
size and each with a maximum weight<br />
of 1,120 kg.<br />
The warehouse, which is more than<br />
25 m high, has three twin-mast stacker<br />
cranes with Pallet Shuttle that allow for an<br />
input or output of 105 pallets/hour. Thus,<br />
the company’s required throughputs are<br />
attained. The stacker cranes, when working<br />
in deep lanes, are supported by a<br />
Pallet Shuttle that is responsible for moving<br />
the pallet up to the location designated<br />
by the Mecalux Easy WMS software.<br />
Additionally, in order to ensure the perfect<br />
condition of the goods, Bem Brasil’s<br />
clad-rack frozen storage is expected to<br />
work at a temperature of -30 ºC.<br />
Founded in 2006, Bem Brasil produces<br />
more than 100,000 tons of pre-cooked<br />
frozen fries a year. It has become the national<br />
leader within the sector, and one of<br />
the most consumed brands within Brazil.<br />
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