Large bakery for bread and baked goods

Family-run company for 111 years

Product range: Dried goods, organic products, chilled/frozen baked goods

Approximately 500 employees

Reorganization of the previous storage system – the distribution of spare parts over four storage areas was a major logistical challenge

For this purpose, 7 paternoster systems were installed in a separate room

New paternoster controller SIMATIC S7-300F with fail-safe CPU S7-315F-2DP

Integration of the paternoster controller into the database system via a communication processor SIMATIC CP343-1 ERPC with the firmware expansion   “deviceWise Embedded Edition for Simatic S7“, which connects the PLC level with the ERP/MES level

The fail-safe paternoster controller also monitors the safety light curtains/emergency off switch on the paternosters

Interface between warehouse and database is a PC system, supplemented by a laser scanner, with which maintenance employees can gain   authorization to the system and take spare parts out of and (back) into the storage areas

The central spare parts search is significantly easier and faster as compared to the old system, which in turn minimizes downtimes and therefore production standstills

Stocks are always up to date; inventories are no longer required

Easy setup and parameter assignment of the CP 343-1 ERPC, without special training for the employees and using the familiar STEP 7 environment, including   easy setup of access protection. Once-off workload for setup of the database connection in deviceWISE by IT personnel with database know-how.