Hawle Armaturen has commissioned Jungheinrich to build a new logistics warehouse. The company will build a fully automated high-rise warehouse with more than 15,000 storage locations and five aisles, near Hawle's headquarters in Freilassing, Germany, by October 2024. The warehouse, planned as a greenfield project, will replace Hawle's former manual distribution centre. This will allow the company, with sites in Germany, Europe and the US, to prepare for further growth.
Hans-Joachim Maier, Managing Director of project developer Maier Intraplan, explains his company's choice of the Hamburg-based intralogistics experts: "Jungheinrich convinced us with the best solution and their very strong commitment to implementing our requirements." "The chemistry was good from the start and allowed for an open, productive dialogue," adds Thomas Bohl, Managing Director of Hawle Armaturen GmbH. "Jungheinrich impressed us as a total supplier - from steel racking systems and warehouse cranes to control systems and WMS software," says Bohl.
Ergonomic order picking
Hawle is a manufacturer of heavy-duty valves for use in municipal water and sewer systems and for gas supply. Finished goods from production are stored in the high-bay warehouse, which is designed as a steel silo structure (72 x 35 x 25 metres). These are later fully automated towards the order picking area. A bridge construction connects the conveyors to the production line. The conveyor system connects to a manual storage area in the basement of the warehouse.
There is also space for incoming goods, raw materials and semi-finished goods. Using a conveyor system, pallet cages as well as europallets and special pallets weighing up to 1,200 kg are transported. This ensures smooth operation and guarantees the safety of the various containers. The station for incoming goods and the six workstations for order picking with ergonomic lifting tables, are located on the ground floor.
Five warehouse cranes
In addition to the steel silo structure, including roof and wall cladding, Jungheinrich’s scope of supply comprises five warehouse cranes with PLC and visualisation, as well as the complete conveyor system with six order-picking workstations. A key item on Hawle Armaturen’s order list is Jungheinrich’s WMS for automated storage and material flow. Hawle was particularly impressed by the accurate analysis of the IT processes carried out by Jungheinrich’s experts on site.
