Baggage Handling Conveyor & Processing Belts for International Airports #1

Elements of the 1 million-square-foot baggage handling system that began operating in Terminal A at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) last May could start appearing in other airports throughout the nation. In addition to eliciting compliments from passengers and the firms involved with the project, the new system received the ultimate nod: TSA plans to use it as a prototype for how other airports should model their in line systems.

"They allocated four weeks to test it, and left in three," explains Phil Hemmer, project manager with baggage system consulting company CAGE. "That's very unusual for any in-line systems, for them to do that."

Its inherent design and component improvements notwithstanding, the BHS earned additional favor by requiring fewer TSA personnel. According to Hemmer, governmental testing agents have said it's one of the best systems they've tested.

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