Automated material flow solutions at the airport

The Unitechnik Group is an expert in material flow solutions at airports.

In the area of Cargo Unitechnik supplies equipment for handling air freight. The spectrum ranges from highly automated air cargo terminals to manual solutions for the flexible handling of air cargo containers.

Catering covers the material flow within flight galleys, so-called in-flight catering. This involves transporting the narrow roll containers through the spacious facility and storing cutlery and crockery.

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Africa's largest Cargo Terminal in Ethiopia
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Cargo Handling Systems
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Unitechnik - Automatic Cargo Loading
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Stories from our logistics projects
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References and case studies for airport logistics

Emirates Flight Catering

Largest flight kitchen in the world in Dubai: 115,000 meals per day. Control and instrumentation technology for electric monorail system, miniload and container conveyor technology

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Ethiopian Airlines

Planning and realization of an airfreight center for 600,000 t of freight per year, partly refrigerated, automated high-bay warehouse for 1000 ULDs, 4ETVs, man. Warehouse for 8,500 pallets

Dubai Flower Center

Air freight center for handling fresh produce The automated high-bay warehouse stores 258 freight containers in different temperature zones

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LSG Sky Chefs

Europe's most modern catering company. Overall responsibility for logistics systems: AKL, conveyor technology, LVS. Control and IT for electric monorail system

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Spirit Air Cargo Handling

Automated ULD warehouse for 131 20ft containers 2 storage and retrieval machines 11 lowerable work stations X-Way-Mover for flexible handling

Celebi

Automated airfreight warehouse with 132 compartments, up to 20 ft deep Import and export on two floors Elevator for ULDs, X-ray equipment for ULDs

Korean Air

Flight kitchen at Incheon Airport near Seoul, Korea. Control technology and visualization for cart transport by electric monorail system

Athens International Airport

Conversion of the entire baggage handling system to Simatic S7 in continuous operation: 144 check-in counters, 8 X-ray lines, 11 baggage reclaim carousels, etc.

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Ethiopian Airlines

Air freight center for 104,000 tons of freight per year, partially refrigerated, automatic high-bay warehouse for freight containers, manual pallet warehouse

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US Air Force

US Air Force Air Cargo Center Fully automated ULD warehouse with 587 bays for 10ft air cargo pallets

King Shaka International Airport

Automated ULD cargo warehouse with 202 compartments, partially refrigerated, pallet warehouse, 250 m express sorting loop, X-Ray machines for ULDs, pallets and parcels

Evergreen

Fully automated cargo terminal for 600,000 tons of freight per year: automated high-bay warehouse with 730 ULD compartments, 2 ETVs, 4 WTVs, 2 TVs