PROJECT REPORT 06/2012
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE BIEBESHEIM/GERMANY
THE CUSTOMER
Fresenius Medical Care is the
world‘s largest integrated provider
of products and services for indivi-
duals undergoing dialysis because
of chronic kidney failure, a condition
that affects more than 2,100,000
individuals worldwide.
Through its network of 2,898 dialysis
clinics in North America, Europe,
Asia, Latin America and Africa,
Fresenius Medical Care provides
dialysis treatment to 233,156
patients around the globe.
Fresenius Medical Care is also the
world‘s leading provider of dialysis
products such as hemodialysis
machines, dialyzers and related dis-
posable products. Fresenius Medical
Care is listed on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (FME, FME3) and the New
York Stock Exchange (FMS, FMS/P).
Manufacturing of hemodialysis machines
PROJECT REPORT 06/2012
In the face of dynamically growing flows
of commodity Fresenius Medical Care
started in the beginning of 2006 to im-
plement a comprehensive intralogistics
project – taking into account a further
growth during the next 10 to 15 years.
The extrapolation resulted directly in the
project of a high-bay warehouse. The
management clearly gave precedence
to a consequently designed automated
new building with generous reserves near
Biebesheim am Rhein rather than to the
alternative of an extension of the two
existing conventional distribution centers.
The investment company Alpha Industrial,
specialized in the design of logistics
buildings, gives its support to an inno-
vative solution: it’s the first time that in
Germany an investor not only finances
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Sustainable investment model on greenfield site
Due to a universal layout even disposable pallets
can be stored in the high-bay warehouse.
and rents a building but he also finances
and rents the appropriate technology.
The plan will only work out for the
investor if the building, after expiry of
a commercial lease of 15 years, will be
interesting also for new users.
High-bay warehouse, conveyor techno-
logy and software will be designed to
meet general purposes beyond the
requirements of Fresenius concerning
the layout as well as the details:
generous height of pallets spaces, dual
or triple storage systems, roller spacing
of conveyors, hall bottom floor executed
with sealed pans for storage of liquids
leading to water pollution.
The sustainability clearly offsets the
additional costs for the investor. Fresenius
Medical Care on the other hand has the
advantage of a reasonable monthly rent.
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE BIEBESHEIM/GERMANY
98 % OF AVAILABILITY
GUARANTEED FOR 15 YEARS
Storage and order picking of medical
equipments and materials require an
especially high degree of reliability.
In this context it was a logical conclusion
that LTW was awarded in September
2007 the contract as general contractor
for intralogistics, including the con-
struction of a silo and installation of
an automatic sprinkler system.
According to Rainer Reichelt, logistics
planner, LTW was able to submit an
interesting quotation. “This was pro-
bably due to the slender structures and
the close connection to Doppelmayr
during production, a company who
impressed us by its high level when
we visited the premises in Wolfurt.
From the point of view technology,
LTW convinced us by a robust rigid
construction of the stacker cranes with
simultaneous weight optimization.“
The ultimate criterion must be the
availability for continuous operation.
Jointly with Fresenius Medical Care,
LTW elaborated an innovating full
service concept: LTW guarantees a 98 %
availability of the plant for the total
rental term of 15 years.
To this aim LTW implements in close co-
operation with Fresenius a proper service
team on site. All of five employees of
LTW get acquainted with the plant right
from the stage of assembling; at least
two of them monitor continuously the
operation and use the time for preven-
tive maintenance work in order to
reduce maintenance to once per year.
Rainer Reichelt:” We put our trust in
LTW who negotiated very clearly
and who went with us this new way
without thousands of ifs and buts.”
MATERIAL FLOW
The new distribution center brings
together the two present central ware-
houses with different target regions and
order structures.
70 % of the articles are exported as full
pallets into 140 countries. In Central
Europe the majority of articles is shipped
as collated orders to backup warehouses,
hospitals and individual patients.
All in all, the full pallet handling is
prevailing – the ideal prerequisite for a
high automation level of all material
flows including automated small parts
storage and fully automated identifi-
cation point with pallet stacking and
staging system.
Following the expansion of the high-bay
warehouse by three aisles in 2011, ten
aisle-bound stacker cranes are operated
in two shifts and permit approx. 6,400
pallet movements per day. A possible
third shift offers a generous capacity
reserve.
Beside the mechanical equipment, LTW
also delivers the PLC control system for
all components and for the warehouse
control unit with interface to the SAP-
based warehouse management. Such
a solution from one hand proves itself
especially regarding maintenance,
troubleshooting and fault clearance.
On site, at least two LTW employees per shift
assure a smooth running.
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LTW Intralogistics GmbH
Austria
Achstrasse 53
6922 Wolfurt
T + 43 5574 6829 – 0
F + 43 5574 6829 – 29
office@LTW.at
www.LTW.at
LTW Intralogistics GmbH
Germany
Max-Eyth-Strasse 30
89171 Illerkirchberg
T + 49 7346 3084
F + 49 7346 3083
office@LTW.at
www.LTW.at
LTW Intralogistics, Inc.
USA
3285 North George Street
PO Box 0115
Emigsville
PA 17318 – 0115
T + 1 717 767 7210
F + 1 717 326 1279
office@LTWUSA.com
www.LTWUSA.com
0620
12/E directed by transfair
OUTLINE OF THE PROJECT
HIGH-BAY WAREHOUSE (HBW)
> Galvanized steel rack
> Rack supported storage system
> L x W x H: 154 x 74 x 38 m
> 10 rack lanes
> Double deep 3-/2 storage
> Approx. 78,000 pallet spaces
> Maximum payload: 1,200 kg
> Air conditioning: + 15 °C to + 25 °C
Stacker cranes
> 10 aisle-bound stacker cranes
> Driving speed: 240 m/min
> Driving acceleration: 0.4 m/s
2
> Hoisting speed: 70 m/min
> Hoisting acceleration: 0.6 m/s
2
> Load handling device:
telescopic fork double deep
CONVEYOR SYSTEM
On 2 levels with storage and retrieval
points in hall 1 and hall 2
> 2 picking zones
> 2 labellers (vertically adjustable)
> 1 pallet wrapping machine
> 3 transfer carriages
> 4 vertical conveyors
> Automatic identification point
including inhouse pallet handling
AUTOMATED SMALL PARTS
STORAGE
> L x W x H: 48 x 8 x 6 m
> 2 rack lanes
> Double deep storage
> Approx. 8,700 spaces for plastic
boxes (400 x 600 x 220)
> Maximum payload: 50 kg
Stacker cranes
> 2 aisle-bound stacker cranes
> Driving speed: 300 m/min
> Driving acceleration: 3 m/s
2
> Hoisting speed: 180 m/min
> Hoisting acceleration: 3 m/s
2
> Load handling device: KTC with
double-sided output system
SOFTWARE
> Warehouse control unit for high-bay
warehouse and automated small
parts storage
> Certified SAP interface for
customized storage management
> Availability indication
> Emergency operation for goods
retrieval to maintain delivery
capacity
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