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Federal Councillor Beat Jans in Rupperswil
The Swiss Logistics by ASFL SVBL training center in Rupperswil recently hosted visits from Federal Councillor Beat Jans, head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, Jérôme Cosandey, head of the Directorate of Labour at SECO, and Aargau government councillor Dieter Egli.
Even better than lithium-ion
At the world's largest industrial trade fair in Hanover, with 3,000 exhibitors, a young company called BTRY from Dübendorf won a startup award sponsored by the logistics provider Hermes. The founders impressed the judges with an ultra-thin, fully flexible energy storage system that is intended to enable numerous new applications.
Large containers for the «Jaguar»
At Claas in Bad Saulgau, machines for forage harvesting and headers for the forage harvester, which proudly bears the name " Jaguar ," are developed, tested, and manufactured. More staging area was needed at the assembly lines. Bito assisted with the switch to the large SL 86 hoppers.
System change at the drying tower
Automation, as mentioned, doesn't have to be complicated. Even simple, repetitive logistical processes can be carried out automatically with high-lift pallet trucks like the EXV iGo. Forklift manufacturer Still successfully implemented this at DP-Supply, a subsidiary of Deutsche Milchkontor DMK.
«Logistics Townhouse» for the city
It was just one of the numerous presentations at the German Material Flow Congress, which took place in Dortmund these days in parallel with the IFOY Test Camp: It was dedicated to a concept by Carl-Friedrich Rico zu Knyphausen, Managing Director & Co-Founder of Logivalue GmbH in Berlin: A « Retail Town House » for the city center.
Social responsibility
The production of razor blades was once a sharp business – today, Schmalz is the world market leader in vacuum technology, and its executives are committed to sustainability, education, and regional development . For this, they have now been awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Swiss Packaging Award
Well packaged is half the battle. Submissions for the Swiss Packaging Award are open until May 15th. The award for the best packaging solutions is presented in the categories of sustainability, convenience, design, marketing, technology/construction/machine systems, and reusable packaging .
800 visitors at the test camp
Many participants of the test camp also took the opportunity to attend the 33rd Material Flow Congress – held for the first time in Dortmund – under the direction of Professor Johannes Fottner. A total of around 800 visitors came to Dortmund's Westfalenhalle to view approximately 100 innovations.
With my back against the wall
The shift to rail freight through the Alps has suffered significant setbacks recently. According to BLS Cargo, the main culprits are the dilapidated German infrastructure and the numerous line closures and construction sites along the north-south corridor. This is also impacting personnel policies.
Kion and Siemens together in a parallel universe
Kion will be the first company in Europe to use Siemens' new simulation software " Digital Twin Composer " , thereby also seeking a degree of independence from the US market, where NVIDIA has so far been the dominant solution for merging the digital and real worlds in smart warehouses.
Large containers for the «Jaguar»
Large containers for the «Jaguar»
At Claas in Bad Saulgau, machines for forage harvesting and headers for the forage harvester, which proudly bears the name " Jaguar ," are developed, tested, and manufactured. More staging area was needed at the assembly lines. Bito assisted with the switch to the large SL 86 hoppers.
The heart of the Jaguar – the chopping unit – comes from Claas' southernmost production site in Germany. In addition to state-of-the-art production facilities, the Bad Saulgau site houses one of the world's most advanced test centers for forage harvesting technology, as well as the Claas Group's competence center for tractor implement automation. Around 750 employees work here, out of a total of approximately 11,900 employees across the entire group.
More space for assembly
The machines are manufactured in parallel on seven different assembly lines, with all the parts required for production readily available at each workstation. Only a small buffer warehouse separates goods receiving from the assembly area. Meanwhile, the variety of parts increased, with many components being heavy or fragile. The goal was to increase capacity within the same footprint and ensure a stable flow of parts all the way to assembly.
The SL 86 large containers have now replaced the previously used wire mesh boxes, making more efficient use of the available space . With a load capacity of up to 500 kg, they are suitable for heavy metal parts and protect in use in internal and external supply chains
Generous interior volume
The SL boxes, measuring 800 x 600 mm, are half-pallet size, meaning that two SL 85 containers can now fit in place of one wire mesh box. The SL 86 large-capacity containers are stackable, allowing for more boxes to be placed in the same area. The generous internal volume allows for the storage of significantly more components than before.
All photos: Bito
The SL 86 opens fully to the front across its entire width, ensuring easy access to the goods even in the tightly packed GLT warehouse at Claas Saulgau. Jürgen Stauber, Logistics Manager at Claas in Saulgau, explains: “ Using the Bito SL 86 large containers has given us significantly more storage space for the ever-increasing variety of parts on our assembly lines. (…) This has saved us considerable costs that we would have had to invest in expanding our production facility to gain the necessary storage capacity. (…) It offers a large internal volume despite its small footprint, is easy to clean, and provides excellent protection for our steel parts. ”
