VAHLE konkret 2005 deutsch Satz

Contractless power supply line CPS® in compressor production
Kaeser is on the road to
success with VAHLE quality
In road construction, even
laymen are quick to recognize
mobile compressors
from Kaeser. Still, that is
only one application area
where compressed air is used.
Wherever compressed air
must be generated, produced
or distributed, one can encounter
the bright yellow
power plants of the Franconian
manufacturer.
Today, Kaeser is a world-wide
leading manufacturer of compressors
and products for compressed
air technology, employing
more than 3000 people
and is represented in over 70
countries and on all continents
through a competent marketing
and service organization.
The company operates one of
the largest fully automated
plants for the production of
compressors of all types at its
German headquarters in Coburg.
In order to satisfy the high demand
which the Franconian
company places on internal
transport, AFT, an automizati-
on and materials handling
technology company based in
Schopfheim uses components
from VAHLE.
More effective
production
To make production at the
main facility in Coburg even
more effective, a section for
driverless floor transportation
vehicles was installed, which is
distributed over two floors.
On a stretch of 510 meters in
length (310 m in the ground
floor, 200 m in the upper level),
ten vehicles transported
the compressors after completion
to stations such as weight
and contour control and to the
transfer stations for the storage
and retrieval facility,
which is located in a separate
building.
The track system consists of
two parallel tracks on which
the vehicles travel fully automatically,
both forwards and
backwards. Four elevators
(hoists from the ground floor
to the upper floor) and 15
track switches connect the
track sections.
High flexibility
The tracks can be changed at
any time to achieve higher flexibility.
The electrical current
for the vehicles is transmitted
inductively via the contactless
power supply CPS® manufactured
by VAHLE.
The entire installation is supplied
by a VAHLE primary inverter
P145 with 45 kW, which
is located on the ground floor.
Each vehicle carries one pallet,
which is loaded and unloaded
from the side. It is equipped
with steerable axles as well as
with two VAHLE track guidance
sensors for each direction
of travel and two Ultra Caps
(24V) with a 500 farad load
volume (a type of quick loading
battery or „large“ capacitor).
These are supplied with electrical
current (up to 125A/
24V0 by a VAHLE flat pickup
PU09 (3 kW) with control electronic,
mounted on the carria-
As if driven by a ghost, the floor transport carriers precisely deliver components to the next
assembly station – the contactless current supply CPS® VAHLE makes it possible.
ge. Each vehicle has its own
„intelligence“ on board and receives
the destination instructions
via RF transmission;
transponders in the floor assure
local accuracy
This VAHLE CPS installation
was designed and developed to
meet specific design criteria
postulated by Kaeser. The system
has operated trouble free
for over a year with the VAHLE
products. Therefore, Kaeser is
contemplating an expansion to
achieve even faster transport
of goods because of increased
volumes.
CPS® is the VAHLE system for
contractles power supply. In
contrast to customary methods
of supplying electrical current
to moveable equipment CPS®-
Technology offers the following
advantages: low maintenance
due to a lack of wear parts,
clean and noiseless operation,
unlimited travel speed, utilization
is also possible with complex
track layouts and under
adverse environmental conditions,
high track guidance tolerance,
the possibility of integrated
battery charging function,
integrated inductive track
guidance and data communication,
high degree of efficiency.