NACEX opts for BEUMER sortation system for Madrid hub
BEUMER Group has been awarded a contract by Spanish courier, NACEX, to design and install a cross-belt sortation system for its new cross-docking super-hub in the ‘Corredor del Henares’ near Madrid, Spain.
BEUMER said the system will help NACEX – which is part of Logista – expand its hub capabilities in the region and also reinforce the company’s position in the express courier sector throughout Spain, Andorra and Portugal.
The 11,400 sqm logistics hub will comprise 104 loading docks for vans and light vehicles and 10 for trailer trucks, making it NACEX’s largest hub in Spain.
The BEUMER Group system will be based on two LS-4000CB cross-belt sorters and integrate induction units with weighing scales, chutes and a conveyor system. High and low-level controls with full sortation logic, visualisation and an information system will also be fully integrated with business logic and SCADA. The system will provide NACEX with a total capacity of 24,000 items per hour divided equally between parcels and fliers.
“There were two important factors in the decision to award the contract to BEUMER Group,” said Manel Orihuela Chacón, General Subdirector, NACEX. “The first was the fact that the legacy BEUMER Group systems installed in our other hubs operate efficiently and continue to adapt to our future needs after more than a decade. The second reason was BEUMER Group’s meticulous proposals for optimising the parcel-flow within the super-hub. These proposals demonstrated the importance of designing the system to meet real-world operational needs and capacity rather than just theoretical capacity.”
BEUMER Group’s Stephan Heessels, Director for BEUMER Group Logistic Systems, commented: “The design of the system incorporated the need to handle fliers in addition to parcels up to 1000mm in length. The integration of the complete system will allow NACEX to handle this wide mix of items without limiting the overall system capacity.”
The new NACEX hub is scheduled to begin distributing parcels, locally and nationally, by the end of 2018.
