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Customer: LHD

Location
Bruino, Turin

Industry
Telescopic forks and material handling equipment

Application
CRONOS G3: Smart three-depth fork for automated warehouses

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Cronos G3 by LHD significantly simplifies automated warehouse systems.

  • The triple-depth fork operates without the need for storage racks.
  • The solution with independent drives ensures high flow rates even at triple depth, with flow rates that can exceed 1,000 kg.

The primary objectives of the solution developed by LHD and SEW for Modulblok are:

  • to significantly reduce the costs of shelving.
  • to offer a plug-and-play solution that is immediately available and operational for the end customer.

3 decentralized drive units for 3 depths.

With MOVIMOT® Advanced, it was possible to achieve a significant reduction in cabling.

To control three motors with feedback, a single power and communication cable for all of them.

The field PLC MOVI-C® FIELD CONTROLLER made it possible to integrate the various components and provide an interface to the outside world, thereby enabling a plug-and-play solution.

Modulblock is a company specializing in the engineering of storage systems and storage area logistics and designs turnkey automatic solutions.

The main benefits of Cronos G3 for automatic storage areas are:

  • lower costs;
  • less material to produce, transport, and install on-site;
  • less likelihood of collisions and, therefore, less likelihood of subsequent maintenance.

System performance improves because it is no longer necessary to focus on accessories for pallet support, making it possible to concentrate on the essential components: the side rails and crossbeams.

With Cronos G3, we’ve taken innovation to a new stage. We have significantly simplified the system, substantially reducing racking costs thanks to a triple-depth configuration that operates without the need for infill beams. The mechanics underlying the system are quite complex: this was the main reason we chose SEW-EURODRIVE as our partner to power our solution.
Alberto Croce
Business Development Manager, LHD S.p.a.
The advantages of this solution can be summed up in two words: lower costs. Less material to manufacture, transport, and install on-site. Not only that, but there’s less risk of collisions and therefore less need for subsequent maintenance. The system’s performance is definitely better.
Giovanni Moretti
Automation Project Manager, Modulblok S.p.a.
Thanks to MOVIMOT® advanced, we’ve achieved a significant reduction in cabling: to control three encoder-equipped motors, we use a single power cable for all of them and a single communication cable. Our field PLC has allowed us to integrate the various components and provide a single interface to the outside world, thereby achieving a plug-and-play solution.
Domenico Iaria
Application Engineering Consultant, SEW-EURODRIVE Italia
A strong partnership and trust built over the years have led LHD to entrust us not only with managing the machine’s motion control but also with managing and monitoring the entire application.
Edoardo Volpe
Sales Consultant, SEW-EURODRIVE Italy