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Cosentino Group is a Spanish company, family-owned but globally oriented, which produces and distributes innovative and sustainable surfaces for the world of design and architecture.
Cosentino works with its customers and partners to offer design solutions that add value and inspire people’s lives. This goal is made possible thanks to leading brands such as Silestone®, Dekton® and Sensa by Cosentino®. Technologically advanced and environmentally friendly surfaces that allow the creation of unique designs for the home and public spaces.
COSENTINO needed a global solution to fully automate the logistics of the Silestone® and DEKTON® systems, which included collection and transport of slabs from production lines, integrated management of the distribution center via SAP, planning and preparation of loads.
Special elements have therefore been developed for handling the final load unit (vertical slab), including high tonnage AGV vehicles and a fully automatic loading system, in order to guarantee delivery times, quality in the preparation of orders and care in loads preparation. Furthermore, the technological challenge of sending the slabs to the customers in the same conditions as before the automation was met, thus without involving modifications or need for machinery for the customer. Cassioli was selected as supplier by Cosentino, with the task of developing an innovative solution that included the entry system to the distribution center, stacker cranes with a high load capacity, modules for order preparation and integration with Cosentino ERP / SAP. The distribution center project was designed from the outset as a modular installation: there were built 2 blocks with 3 stacker cranes each and 4 automatic preparation points for slabs.
COSENTINO requested to treat each slab in a univocal way, in order to have a total traceability of each of them and of the information contained within them (barcode), i.e. production, storage and shipping parameters. The focus was placed on the optimal quality of each table and loads and finally on ensuring flexibility, speed and robustness to the system (work 24/7).
Cassioli has developed and built a
storage system with 9 stacker cranes
working in 3 blocks of the warehouse;
each block is independent in terms of
accessibility and maintenance.
The automatic warehouse covers a total of 4,500 square meters and is 32 meters high. Warehouse entrances and exits can be carried out on two levels, while the preparation of orders takes place at level 0, through automatic systems specially designed for Cosentino processes.
The packages arrive from the production lines through automatic conveyors and SLS shuttles, then they are directed to a shape and data control system (automatic reading of all the bar codes), which verifies their suitability. If the system detects that the package is correct in all its parameters, it continues the path, otherwise it is rejected and submitted to the control of the Cassioli software. Once the parcel reaches the front of the warehouse, it is directed to a specific warehouse through SLS system (Shuttle Loop System) to the entry position, where it is picked up by the stacker crane designated by the Cassioli WMS software.
When a package is required for the preparation of a specific order, it is picked up by the stacker crane in the warehouse and then placed in the special order preparation area by means of shuttles, to give greater flexibility and ensure that all packages can be addressed to any preparation area.
The system takes the slabs one by one following the specific sequence requested in the loading order (perfectly integrated with Cosentino SAP); in the event that there are slabs in excess, the load returns to the warehouse and the slabs are grouped in a new load, always automatically.
Once ready, the load is taken to an automatic strapping station and then made available to the LGV (Laser Guided Vehicles) to be placed in a temporary buffer or to be loaded directly onto the truck, through the automatic loading system.
Fully digitalized industry
100% INCREASE IN STORAGE CAPACITY
Maximum exploitation of the available space
(HEIGHT STORAGE UP TO 32 M)
Significant reduction of the work force and risk of operational accidents practically eliminated
Increase
in production
efficiency
Maximum
organization
of the working environment
“INDUSTRY 4.0”
ECONOMIC BENEFIT
Località Guardavalle 63,
Torrita Di Siena (Siena) 53049 Italy
Tel +39 0577 684511
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