Transportion and logistics

Vehicle retrieval in parking tower

 The task:

As prime contractor, Lenord + Bauer is equipping the vehicle elevators in car parks with electronic control systems to automate the parking and retrieval of vehicles.

Aim: 

• Automation of car park logistics

 Method of solution:

In three show towers built recently by a leading auto manufacturer, cars were to be parked and retrieved smoothly and automatically.

 Our solution:

Sequence control for three parking towers each with 11 storage bays. The control unit is the GEL 8230 MotionController in conjunction with local I/O modules that are connected to the control unit via a CAN bus.

The following control components are used: 

• Three control cabinets (containing equipment for voltage generation and distribution, switchgear, MotionController, frequency converters (including mains filter/choke and brake chopper), terminal strips) 
• Elevator motor with gearbox
• Palette transport motor with gearbox 
• Sensors and initiators for elevator positioning and floor identification
• SSI angle encoders for palette position sensing
• Local operating console (number depending on equipment level) 
• Door controller (number depending on equipment level) 
• Limit switches/initiators

Equipment features of the towers:

• Tower 1 has an entrance/exit on the first floor with operating console 
• Tower 2 has an entrance/exit on the second floor with operating console 
• Tower 3 has an entrance/exit on the first floor with operating console and an entrance/exit on the second floor with operating console.

Operation:

Operation of the parking towers is automated by means of the local operating consoles at the entrances/exits. The towers can be operated in semi-automatic or jog mode from the controller in the control cabinet.

 Our service offering:

• Problem analysis
• Complete process engineering
• Project management
• Software programming
• On-site commissioning

 Customer benefits:

• Complex system solution from a single source 
• Excellent usability
• Process automation by the user himself is an option

 Why Lenord + Bauer?

Able to offer complete solution

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