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SKF Logistics Services Belgium

Project Description:

Modernization and optimization of a 1995 high-bay warehouse and stacker cranes used for the storage and retrieval of pallets with a maximum load of 2205 lb.
Vxmax = 619 ft/min, Vymax = 130.57 ft/min

Customer:

SKF Logistics Services Belgium
Tongeren, Belgium (European and worldwide logistics)

Project Scope:

• The new positioning system ARATEC was installed and commissioned and a total of 14 Trimble TCS4000 units were replaced
• PSI Technics retrofitted 2 axes per stacker crane – 7 stacker cranes total – within one year
• Instead of the previously installed 14 TCS4000 units (one unit per axis) only 7 ARATEC units were needed for the 14 stacker crane axes after the modernization

Marc Valkeneers, Technical Coordinator, SKF Tongeren, Belgium:

"We depended on the Trimble TCS4000 since 1995. When we heard that the production was to be discontinued, we needed to ensure the future of our warehouse logistics. We wanted to guarantee the smooth operation of our facilities and a continued spare parts supply for our customers. This was how the long-lasting cooperation between SKF and PSI Technics started. Due to the modular design of the positioning system ARATEC® we were able to distribute the costs and to gradually modernize the stacker cranes in our high-bay warehouse. ARATEC® completely replaced the previously used Trimble TCS4000 units – without the need to replace existing system components or drives. Based on the system's machine modeling, we were able to improve our motion path efficiency."

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