Customer Description

STAMAG Stadlauer Malzfabrik GmbH in Vienna is part of the Kulmbach-based IREKS Group, a leading international manufacturer of baking ingredients and malts. Using high-quality ingredients, the Vienna facility produces over 400 products, including malts, dried natural sourdoughs, and baking ingredients for bread, pastries, and fine baked goods, which are used in bakeries, pastry shops, and restaurants, as well as in breweries.

Project Description

As part of the expansion of this long-established Viennese company, the glass-walled baking ingredients production facility was built as a new part of the plant and put into operation with state-of-the-art production equipment.

To supply the production line with raw materials and packaging materials, a bidirectional vertical conveyor system was installed in the warehouse immediately adjacent to the new building. This system automatically transports pallets of raw materials loaded into the warehouse to the 1st and 2ndof the Gläserne Manufaktur, where they are made available for retrieval. Partially used pallets and similar items are returned to the warehouse via a conveyor reserved for this purpose on the upper floors; the vertical conveyor transfers them to a second-level conveyor for retrieval by forklifts in the warehouse.

Technical Specifications

• 7 chain conveyors and lifters with an integrated 90° turntable, with 9 pallet storage positions
• Ø Transport capacity of over 20 pallets per hour to production and 4 pallets per hour back to the warehouse
• Vertical conveyor shaft designed as an external shaft structure with verifiable structural engineering and weather-resistant Isopanel cladding above the hall roof
• On-demand direct pallet picking using high-lift forklifts in production
• Fire protection consisting of two conveyor system terminations (FAA)
• Access control using FAAs with high-speed gate functionality and two additional high-speed machine safety gates in the warehouse
• Prevention of Pest Infestation Through Special Structural Design
• SIMATIC S7-1214 controller with visualization on three 7-inch touch panels
• Integration of the customer’s MES for transport orders and forwarding of all system messages via the customer’s internal network
• In addition, the installation of a SCHÖNAU VGK2 freight elevator with 3 stops and a load capacity of 3000kg in the production building increased flexibility and provided additional redundancy.