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Marko Bratković··2 min read

PLC programming and electrical design of parcel logistics lines for Element Logic

As a long-standing partner of Element Logic, we delivered PLC programming and electrical design for parcel logistics lines - from the first line in Frankfurt to a large site with five new lines in Unna.

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Parcel logistics line with conveyor systems
Client
Element Logic
Location
Frankfurt and Unna, Germany
Industry
Warehouse logistics (distribution centres)
Scope
EPLAN, PLC
01 - Project context

A long-standing partnership on the PLC scope of Element Logic's lines

As a partner of Element Logic, we worked on the programming and electrical design of parcel logistics lines. Together with their engineers we produced the EPLAN documentation and prepared the offline software, which included developing standard blocks.

We worked with Element Logic from the very start of the project, through many iterations of block development and software upgrades on the first lines in Frankfurt - experience that went directly into the next, larger project.

02 - Technical scope

A site with five new lines in Unna, commissioned over one year

After the successful commissioning of the line in Frankfurt came the project in Unna - a large site with five new lines. Commissioning took place step by step, line by line, and took a year in total.

The standard PLC blocks developed during the Frankfurt project were reused and refined across all lines in Unna, which sped up programming and reduced errors when commissioning each subsequent line.

Development of standard blocks

Through iterative work with Element Logic's engineers, we developed standard PLC blocks that are reused across all lines of the project.

EPLAN

Electrical design of complete lines and extensions.

Step-by-step commissioning of five lines

The large site in Unna with five new lines was commissioned gradually over the course of a year.

03 - Scope of work

Five lines in operation, built on a shared block library

5
new lines on the Unna site
PLC
standard development
EPLAN
electrical design
2 locations
Frankfurt and Unna - cooperation from the first line to the expansion

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