Automating tyre handling with Crisplant

Crisplant, part of Germany’s Beumer Group since 2009 and today a leading global supplier of automated material handling systems, will launch its first automated material handling system specifically customised for the tyre production industry at next week’s Tire Technology Expo. Describing the new Crisplant Tire Tray Transportation and Sortation System, the company says it automates manual handling and provides traceability and tracking of individual tyres through every stage of the production process.

“By eliminating manual handling of tires throughout production, tyre manufacturers can enhance workplace safety and continually monitor and optimise process efficiency,” explains Crisplant managing director Klaus Schäfer. “In creating this new system Crisplant has used the same skills and expertise with which it has helped major distribution hubs worldwide, to transform their business to achieve lower operating costs and higher process efficiency.”

The unit’s automated system includes features such as fully automated loading and unloading, end-to-end tracking of tyres using RFID technology, and the ability to handle a wide variety of tyre sizes within the same system. Detailed management statistics, in addition to systemwide visibility and control, also enable the system to be continually optimised to enhance process efficiency.

Crisplant will demonstrate the new Tire Tray Transportation and Sortation System at stand number 1166 in Expo Hall 1 between 5 and 7 February 2013.