Mostert & Klein, integration partners of Scantec, recently won the Wonderware Open '98 competition at the South African Wonderware conference held at the Wild Coast Sun.
The Wonderware Open competition calls all Wonderware integrators to submit their best and most dynamic project of the previous year. Mostert & Klein developed a system using INTERMEC auto identification technology from Scantec to control and maintain all activities in the finished goods warehouse at RIH Brollo, a large metal processing company in Isando.
Transactions at RIH Brollo included: Receiving Finished (FG) goods into stock Storing FG in a location within the warehouse Moving FG around locations within the warehouse Picking FG to satisfy a customers order Loading FG onto a delivery vehicle M&K used the Wonderware In-Track module to develop the system, which has reduced the amount of time taken to process a customers order by more than 50% and has led to greater efficiency within the warehouse.
M&K installed INTERMEC JG2050 vehicle mount terminals on the reach cranes, along with long range laser scanners attached to the JG2050s, which allows the crane driver to scan the product while remaining in his seat.
All data is sent to and from the JG2050`s via INTERMEC AP110 access points. At other stages in the system, both hand held INTERMEC JG2020 RF devices are used as well as INTERMEC 1551 keyboard wedge scanners. INTERMEC label printers are used to print the FG labels that are scanned to track the FG items.
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