Automated small parts warehouse for hospital consumables for the PLEXUS-Santé logistics platform of the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) and Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) hospitals
Automate a small parts warehouse to increase efficiencies and supply hospitals with consumable materials on time.
Automated BOXer system small parts warehouse (AKL) with nine aisles and one storage and retrieval machine (SRM) per aisle, four with 1-mast version of type BOXer D1 (payload up to 100 kg), five with 2-mast version of type BOXer E2, logOS MFS as control module for material flow and storage location management
A sustainable operation thanks to Stoecklin's reliable and robust automation solutions.
The PLEXUS-Santé logistics platform bundles the logistics activities of the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) and the Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) for the preparation of dispatch and supply of consumables to the wards. These primarily include syringes, disposable gloves and dressing materials, but not medicines. The heart of the system is an automated small parts warehouse of the BOXer type - designed, supplied and installed by the specialists at Stoecklin. Spread over nine aisles, the system offers storage capacity for 58,000 containers.
Around 5,000 order items can be picked and transferred for dispatch every day via PLEXUS-Santé. The linchpin of the system is a fully automated small parts warehouse with around 58,000 container storage locations. One storage and retrieval machine (SRM) from the BOXer series operates in each of the nine aisles of the mini-load warehouse. Four devices are designed as 1-mast variants (BOXer D1) and are designed for a payload of up to 100 kg. The five other BOXer stacker cranes are equipped with two masts (BOXer E2), each of which can move 50 kg. Travel speeds of up to 6 m/s are possible.
Two storage stations, three workstations for multi-order picking and a retrieval zone are connected to the horizontal and vertical infeed and outfeed conveyor technology. The entire system is controlled via Stoecklin logOS MFS, a material flow and storage location management module for automated warehouses. Using the implemented cross-docking process, goods already pre-picked by the supplier are temporarily stored in the miniload, but not managed at warehouse stock level. As a result, the items do not have to be unpacked or repacked.
