Chennai: An 8,000-tonne Automatic Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) at Chennai airport is expected to speed up cargo clearance and drive volumes. But freight forwarders and industry representatives are sceptical as glitches in the system prevent full capacity utilisation.
Chennai airport now has the largest ASRS system, fully automated and capable of storing and retrieving tonnes of cargo in a matter of minutes, a process that would have taken hours if done manually.
At the cargo terminal, it is just past lunch and and workers are busy loading cargo. Inside the terminal, 17-m tall ASRS and four automated horizontal carousels move on a circular track with cargo bins sorting the cargo.
Once the import cargo is received from the aircraft, it is stored in 1.3-tonne capacity ASRS bin. An operator keys the bin number and the carton’s barcode and specifies the cell’s location for storage. The carousel picks up the bin and stops at an aisle where a fixed-aisle stacker crane takes the bin to the vertical storage system and places the bin with the cargo in the designated cell.
26/11/13 Business Line
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Chennai airport now has the largest ASRS system, fully automated and capable of storing and retrieving tonnes of cargo in a matter of minutes, a process that would have taken hours if done manually.
At the cargo terminal, it is just past lunch and and workers are busy loading cargo. Inside the terminal, 17-m tall ASRS and four automated horizontal carousels move on a circular track with cargo bins sorting the cargo.
Once the import cargo is received from the aircraft, it is stored in 1.3-tonne capacity ASRS bin. An operator keys the bin number and the carton’s barcode and specifies the cell’s location for storage. The carousel picks up the bin and stops at an aisle where a fixed-aisle stacker crane takes the bin to the vertical storage system and places the bin with the cargo in the designated cell.
26/11/13 Business Line
