Airport baggage sorting, tracking and monitoring

8 july 2010
NEW TRANSIT BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AT FIUMICINO AIRPORT

Supplied by Elsag Datamat, this is one of the largest systems of its type ever built in Europe. Innovative solutions, green technology, security and close to 100% successful collection rate

The largest automatic transit baggage handling system ever implemented in Italy and one of the leading solutions in Europe was officially opened last July 8 at a ceremony attended by Gianni Letta, the Undersecretary of the Prime Minister’s Office.

Supplied by Elsag Datamat and installed in an area of Rome’s Fiumicino airport covering about 7,000 sq m (strategically positioned near the runways to reduce transport times and trolley traffic congestion at terminals), it will enable Aeroporti di Roma, the operator of Rome’s airports, to handle up to 6,000 bags per hour.

The new structure is mainly addressed to “transit” passengers, or those arriving from other airports who have to change aircraft to reach their final destination, and whose bags have to be transferred from the inbound to the outbound flight in the shortest possible time. The system reduces the possibility of lost or misdirected bags, ensuring that almost 100% of passengers are reunited with their baggage. The solution provides all the functions offered by an advanced handling system: bag induction, identification by means of RFId tags and bar codes, X-ray security checks, distribution to loading bays, and tracking and control at individual bag level before loading onto aircraft.

The heart of the system is the Elsag Datamat MBHS – Multisorting Baggage Handling System, one of the top performing solutions available today, which uses innovative “cross belt” technology to handle bags with care, in addition to objects that are fragile, have high friction surfaces or are irregular in shape.

The technology adopted means that the system uses 30% less energy than similar solutions available on the market, making Fiumicino airport (the fifth-ranking airport in Europe by traffic) one of the first in the world to comply fully with “green” power usage directives now being introduced internationally.

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	MBHS Brochure	pdf (208 Kb)