BAGGAGE HANDLING Full of eastern promise
BAA has appointed Siemens as the Eastern Campus baggage integrator at Heathrow Airport. The scope of the wide portfolio of projects includes the design and
installation of baggage handling systems for the new Terminal 2, in addition to specific upgrades and enhancements within the Eastern Campus of Heathrow, which will all be completed by December 2013. The baggage handling system in the new Terminal 2 is an integral element
within the flagship Eastern Campus Development Programme of Heathrow, a new state-of-the-art terminal with an initial capacity of 20 million passengers in the first phase, with options to provide future terminal capacity. Terminal 2 will provide the new passenger facing technologies of the baggage handling system including 116 check-in desks and eight
international and two domestic arrival carousels. After check-in, departure bags will be conveyed to the existing screening and sortation system located in Terminal 1 by using a new bag collector system, also to be installed by Siemens. In order to cope with the future demand of Terminal 2, the
existing Terminal 1 system will also be upgraded, the throughput capacity improved and both systems integrated into one IT environment. With these measures, the Terminal 2 and Terminal 1 baggage systems will become one fully integrated end-to-end baggage facility. As part of the ongoing Heathrow airline relocation process, airlines will move from the Central Terminal Area to Terminal 4.
King Shaka success New Zealand-based Glidepath can rightfully lay claim to have played a key role in the successful opening of Durban’s new King Shaka International Airport after beating off a field of global heavyweights to win the multi-million dollar job to design, manufacture and install an inline, checked baggage screening system that can handle more than 3,000 bags an hour and 7.5 million passengers a year. “This was a huge and complex project and
Aussie rules
Crisplant will work in partnership with BCS Conveyor Solutions to install Australia’s first baggage-handling system to be based on the industry’s most energy-efficient ‘green’ sorter at Melbourne International Airport. Based on the Crisplant LS-4000E tilt-tray sorter, and scheduled to be operational from December
2010, the new baggage-handling system will help Melbourne increase its passenger capacity whilst minimising its impact on the environment. The LS-4000E uses a revolutionary new motor technology to achieve a 75% reduction in energy
consumption compared to conventional sorters. This will help the gateway reduce carbon dioxide emissions and support energy-reduction initiatives. Rising passenger traffic, and the fact that Melbourne is one of the first Australian airports equipped to handle the A380, were the key drivers for the installation. Crisplant will install two LS-4000E sorters with a total length of over 500 metres, in addition to seven inductions and 38 chutes, to provide a total design capacity of 5,400 bags per hour. The sorters will include Conveyability Kits (Con-Kits), which increase system availability by reducing the gap between sorter trays, to minimise the risk of baggage straps or other irregularities becoming trapped between the trays. As the main service provider for the baggage-handling system and operations at Melbourne International Airport, BCS Conveyor Solutions will supply the associated conveyors and the high-level controls for the system. Crisplant airport director, Henrik Mortensen, enthuses: “The modular design of the LS-4000E sorter
allows it to be easily integrated into virtually any baggage-handling system. This allows airports to use the industry’s most energy-efficient sorter to achieve the crucial trade-off between increasing passenger numbers and reducing their carbon footprint.”
took 30 months to complete from design to commissioning. It represents a major milestone and is a validation for all Glidepath staff whose dedicated hard work and long hours ensured that the system could ‘go live’ flawlessly, which is no mean feat,” says managing director, Sir Kenneth Stevens. “We delivered the sophisticated system with
its custom designed security innovations, well within deadline. This enabled us to conduct exhaustive testing and train Glidepath operations and maintenance staff as well as airport and airline staff to ensure the airport is ready and able to handle any number of scenarios and unexpected events.” “We’re a global company,” says Stevens. “We
have made our size, scope and specialist skills in the small to medium airport sector work to our advantage so that we are flexible, nimble, fresh thinkers that can compete against far bigger, but not necessarily better, companies. We can tailor innovative solutions to individual customer needs and offer a cost effective, integrated quality job from initial concepts through to commissioning and after service. “What sets us apart is that we understand air
travel. We put the customer and our relationships first but also consider the travellers’ experience and demand for safety,” he said.
AW 74 AIRPORT WORLD/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2010
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