Chemical Industry Case

A certain chemical intelligent warehousing system project, delivered at the end of 2020, spans an area of 4000 square meters, with shelves reaching a height of 21 meters and over 10,000 effective storage locations. Equipped with 6 stacker cranes, 2 elevators, 2 shuttle cars, 4 sets of dismantling-palletizing-packaging lines, palletizing robots, and other intelligent equipment, it integrates a range of functions including storage, palletizing, assembly, conveying, shipping, picking, and empty pallet return.

This project spans two different floors of the factory building, from the filling production line to the stereoscopic warehouse and then to the delivery platform. The plan uses a hoist to lift the materials produced on different floors of the production workshop to the second floor, and then transports them to the stereoscopic warehouse through the conveyor line across the corridor.

The entire warehouse is divided into three fire protection zones, which are connected to the production plant through the corridor. The ultra-long conveyor line is connected to the filling production line, and no manual forklift is required to carry it, realizing the seamless connection between the production line and the stereoscopic warehouse system.

After the barreled lubricating oil from the filling production line is automatically stacked by the robot, the system automatically binds the pallet and material information, automatically completes the pallet assembly work, and then completes the automatic pallet assembly and storage of the lubricating oil through a series of actions such as pallet wrapping packaging, conveyor line transportation, and stacker fork picking.

Due to the high requirements for outbound efficiency, this project plans to carry out all outbound operations at one end of the stereoscopic warehouse. The pallet is transported to the delivery platform through the conveyor line, and the transportation route adopts one-way transportation. There is no waiting, avoidance, etc. in two-way transportation that affect the outbound efficiency. There are a total of 5 outbound picking ports on the conveyor line. The pallets transported from the front end of the warehouse are returned to the back end of the warehouse after picking. The operation process is as smooth and unobstructed as an assembly line, helping the company greatly improve the picking efficiency.

The system created by NOVA Intelligent is one of the few automated three-dimensional warehouse systems owned by domestic related enterprises, fully meeting the enterprise's requirements of an 8-hour inbound time, a 6-hour outbound time, and a composite operation of 300 pallets per hour. It can achieve rapid picking and distribution of product batches, seamlessly connect with production management systems, and complete automatic transmission of corresponding data. Through the product traceability system, it ensures full tracking and control of product information. This system has brought significant operational management improvements to the company's lean production, intelligent storage, and fast and effective shipping and receiving.