Airport Baggage Handling Systems and Sorting

Key Facts:

• Compact CrisStore® Early Baggage Storage retrieves a single bag or multiple bags for batch-loading
• Baggage Unloader eliminates manual lifting
• OCR/VCS and enhanced baggage handling system visualisation and management from the BEUMER Group Airport Software Suite
• BEUMER Group – Crisplant Stand No. 1050, Hall B5, at Inter Airport 2015, Munich, 6 – 9 October

BEUMER Group with Crisplant – a leading global supplier of automated baggage handling systems – will feature live demonstrations of two of its latest innovations in baggage handling efficiency: the CrisStore® rack-based storage system and the semi-automatic Baggage Unloader. The BEUMER Group stand will also feature new software controls for OCR/VCS and baggage handling system visualisation and management which have been added to its Airport Software Suite.

The space-efficient CrisStore® rack-based storage system is designed to enable airports of all sizes to improve the capacity, accuracy and security of Early Baggage Storage (EBS). It features 100% tracking and traceability of baggage in addition to dynamic allocation of luggage between different storage modules. These features enhance security and provide on-demand retrieval of an individual bag, or sorting of multiple bags for batch-loading onto ULDs. These capabilities enable a more flexible check-in process and increase the speed and accuracy of transferring baggage to the make-up area.

The second live demonstration will feature the Baggage Unloader, which is part of BEUMER Group's award-winning range of semi-automatic lifting aids.  The Baggage Unloader enables a single operator to slide arrivals baggage from the trolley and onto the reclaims conveyor by using the Baggage Unloader’s extendable ramp. This simple system increases throughput to around 10 seconds per bag in addition to significantly reducing the risk of injury associated with manual handling of in-gauge baggage.

“The innovations introduced by these three products reflect Crisplant’s ‘Made Different’ approach to baggage handling,” explains Klaus Schäfer, Managing Director, Crisplant. “By using every opportunity to increase the efficiency, capacity and manageability of new or upgraded baggage handling systems, airports of all sizes can take cost and time out of the baggage handling process.”