Airport Baggage Handling Systems and Sorting #3

• Baggage Loader designed in collaboration with London Heathrow Airport    (LHA)
• Extensive live testing carried out prior to installation in LHA T1
• Elimination of heavy lifting increases baggage handling efficiency and workplace safety for baggage handling staff
• Easy, one-person operation with a peak loading throughput of 300 bags per hour
• Award demonstrates BEUMER Group’s expertise across the full range of semi-automated lifting aids to fully automated baggage handling systems    

Crisplant – part of the BEUMER Group and a leading global supplier of automated baggage handling systems – announces that an independent jury of industry experts has selected the Baggage Loader to receive the award in the interDESIGN category of the inter airport Europe 2013 Awards.

“The baggage loader is a collaborative development between BEUMER Group and London Heathrow Airport (LHA),” explains Klaus Schäfer, Managing Director, Crisplant. “After extensive live testing at the airport, the Baggage Loader is now installed in the baggage hall in Terminal 1 of LHA.”

“The award also demonstrates BEUMER Group's expertise in developing innovative baggage handling equipment and systems which range from the semi-automated lifting aids, such as the Baggage Loader, to state-of-the-art fully-automated baggage handling systems with integrated in-tote Level 3 and combined RFID/bar-code screening.”

Easy, one-person operation means that the Baggage Loader can enable a single operator to transfer baggage from a chute into a container or ULD, with a peak loading throughput of 300 bags per hour.

In addition to eliminating heavy manual lifting, to improve workplace safety for baggage handling staff, the loader increases the overall efficiency of the baggage handling process.

Crisplant on behalf of BEUMER Group received the award at the inter airport Europe Awards Ceremony which took place during the opening of the inter airport Europe show, Tuesday, 8th October 2013.