The Challenge
Streamlining operations can be achieved through improving how assets are handled, with crane systems central to this. Cranes and handling systems can be enhanced to help speed up handling tasks, improve tracking of payloads and inventory, and embrace smarter control.
To achieve and maintain high levels of efficiency, availability, simplicity and safety from high-duty handling systems, automation technologies can be integrated that offer numerous advantages over manual operation.
The Solution
SCX has extensive experience in automation solutions that optimise production, reduce human input, and minimise error across almost any industry application. Systems can be created to automatically compute process paths to find optimal routes, taking into account throughput, onward processing requirements, existing inventory, and multiple crane interactions.
Automation frees up workers for higher value duties, eliminates load damage through vastly improved positional accuracy, and reduces the risk of accident or injury from human error or fatigue. These systems are capable of recording information about loads, as well as positioning, to enable the automatic tracking and retrieval of inventory.
Technical Details
- An advanced ‘pick and place’ two-crane automation system
- Inventory management, anti-collision and route planning
- Numerous field sensors and SCADA system
- Automated system to ensure smooth supplies of production stock
- Includes automated transfers from crane to bogie to crane
- Inventory management, HMI interface and integration
- Automated handling of nuclear intermediate level waste containers
- Seven-deep drum stacking with Inventory management
- Remote operation via control desks with operational data and CCTV
- Full EC&I upgrade including power, drives, safety and control
- Multi-layered safety design to BS12100, BS1347 and IEC61508
- Upgrade includes HMI remote operation and safety test panels
- Two semi-automated, remote-operated travelling gantry cranes
- Stacks LLW cylinders three-high with full 3D inventory management
- Diverse and segregated control, power and safety systems
- Semi-automated, remote-operated 2-crane system
- Anti-collision, safety interlocks, operator cab data display
- A range of preset positions with single push-to-go operation