Following a highly competitive pitch to provide fast and reliable sortation equipment for Tianjin Binhai International Airport’s new terminal project, Logan Teleflex’s latest advanced technology 700RF Tilt Tray Sorter has been selected as ‘best in market’.Logan KSEC will provide control panels, HMI, PLCs, software, wiring materials and will undertake site testing, commissioning and training. As part of the project, CALTCO is also working with local supplier and subcontractor, Chandga Conveyor Company, to provide all steelwork and conveyors.
The airport is currently on a growth curve and needs to keep pace in being able to handle baggage for an increasing number of airline passengers. In 2010, the airport handled over 7 million people a year – a 26% increase in passenger traffic over 2009 passenger figures.
Tianjin follows in the footsteps of other key airports in China, such as Kunming and Wuhan, to employ Logan’s new 700RF TTS for fast and accurate baggage sortation and a capability of 5,400 tips per hour, or at speeds of 1.8 metres per second.
Dave Reynolds, International Sales Director for Logan Teleflex, commented: “CALTCO have been successful in winning a number of airport projects in the People’s Republic of China recently and we are delighted that they believe our Tilt Tray Sorter to be ‘the best in market.”
The newest Model 700RF Tilt Tray Sorter represents the most advanced sorter available today. Particular benefits for today’s modern airport requirements include an electrical tip action, controlled via a radio frequency signalling system, which permits unprecedented levels of control over the items to be handled.
To compliment the ‘Best in Class’ Sort Machine, Logan Teleflex has developed and patented a ‘Best in Class’ Induction system. Inductions are available at either 30 or 45 degree angles to suit the application, and include ‘Stop/Go’ induction for low throughput applications; these feature product stability and positioning check during the induction process, and re-synchronisation of these items in a much more controlled manner.
Aside from being an international airport and a hub airport for Tianjin Airlines and a focus city for Air China, Tianjin has become one of the major air cargo centres in the People’s Republic of China and has an airport footprint on par with Amsterdam Schiphol. Tianjin is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China.
