Sonepar Suisse AG relies on a new, highly automated central warehouse in Zurich-Wallisellen planned and built as a general contractor and with automation system solutions from Stoecklin in order to offer goods availability, delivery quality and service on a global level.
Planning and new construction of a 10,000 m² central warehouse for electrical wholesalers
High-bay warehouse with 4 MASTer storage and retrieval machines for 6,600 pallets and 1,500 cassettes; Autostore system with 55,000 containers and 70 self-propelled conveyor robots, incl. logOS control software
Same-day delivery and 24/7 collection for over 50,000 items
Sustainable shelving construction made of wood and solar energy supply, which harmonize perfectly with the automation technology; double-play rack operation and automatic switch-off for maximum energy efficiency; goods receiving and dispatch are noise-insulated in the basement.
From connectors to solar panels, from junction boxes to reusable cable drums - over 50,000 items, in large quantities, on pallets, in cassettes and containers, picked to suit the construction site, ready for collection or delivery in just a few hours - sustainable, CO2-neutral, energy-efficient in operation: that was the challenge when planning and building the high-performance central warehouse for the world's leading electrical wholesaler.
Stoecklin was the partner to sustainably combine maximum performance with strong energy management in intralogistics for Sonepar Suisse. The core of the plan was to divide the new central warehouse - - into a fully automated high-bay warehouse with four MASTer storage and retrieval machines, offering space for 6,000 pallets and 1,500 cassettes, and an aisleless compact warehouse for 55,000 containers with an Autostore system and 70 conveyor robots.
Orders are picked via picking stations integrated into the conveyor system and set up in the basement (UG). Chain and roller conveyors, lift transfer units and turntables from the Stoecklin modular system are used as transport elements for providing the requested load carriers at the picking workstations and returning them to the high-bay warehouse. A pallet dispenser is also available.
The material flow and storage location management with logOS WMS - the warehouse management module of the Stoecklin logOS Software Suite - was an attractive feature of the overall concept. It calculates and coordinates the transport orders with the high-performance control units of the storage and retrieval machines in such a way that storage strategies and orders are taken into account simultaneously and high-speed double cycles are possible. Up to 33 per hour, depending on the type of container.
Up to 400 containers are stored per hour, with up to 1,600 items being picked at peak times. And should a break occur, the Stoecklin logOS WMS energy management system puts the devices into stand-by mode, which saves time and energy.
The entire system can be operated 24 hours a day if required. The standard case, however, is ten hours a day, five days a week.
