Smart motors and smart thinking keep conveyors moving

摘要

Swire Cold Storage is Australia's largest cold-chain logistics service provider with a network of 17 facilities nationwide. Its operation in Cannon Hill, Queensland, handles over 30,000 boxes of chilled product every day, and its vast conveyor system plays a key role in the company's operations.Swire receives boxed product from its customer and sorts it in its temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution centre, which is set at two degrees Centigrade. The company is presently running two shifts each working day, starting at six in the morning. However, the flow of product is not always constant, with the peak in the morning.