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floor. Over the past decades, Tecnar has diversified into four highly specialized divi- sions: Automated pipe and vessel welding, thermal and cold spray in-situ monitoring, continuous steel galvanizing pot chemistry analysis, and non-contact ultrasonic gaug- ing for the seamless tube industry.
Tecnar Automation Ltée
1321 Hocquart Street St-Bruno, Canada, J3V 4B1
Tel: +1 412 567 2339 Email: sales@tecnar.com Web: lut.tecnar.com
SMS group GmbH
LOTTE ALUMINIUM places order with SMS group for high-bay storage system for aluminium coils
• 500 coil storage spaces for smooth mate- rial logistics
• Direct access to various process lines in the plant
• Cantilever racking system ensures the material-friendly storage of a vast range of different-size materials
• Optimized process flow thanks to digitali- zation
As part of its strategic expansion plans, LOTTE ALUMINIUM Materials USA LLC is investing in a new production plant for aluminium cathode foils in the US state
of Kentucky. A core section of the overall plant is the logistics and storage system, which is where LOTTE relies on the inno- vative strength and expertise of AMOVA,
a subsidiary of SMS group. SMS was con- tracted to supply a smart, fully automated high-bay store with transport system. The high-bay storage system, which has around 500 storage spaces, is connected to the various process lines by the relevant con- veying equipment and will be provided with
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warehouse management software specially developed by SMS.
The LOTTE group is one of the largest conglomerates in South Korea and employs more than 80,000 people in over 90 busi- ness units worldwide. The group’s highly diversified product portfolio includes aluminium foils, printed packaging mate- rials, corrugated cardboard boxes, as well as basic chemicals and highly advanced materials such as polymers, monomers, and petrochemical feedstocks.
The group’s target is to produce 36,000 tons of cathode foils annually to meet the sharp increase in demand. Aluminium cathode foils are used, for example, in the production of lithium-ion batteries for elec- tric cars. The new high-bay storage system will accommodate coils on paper and steel spools as well as separator racks.
As LOTTE produces very thin-rolled, sen- sitive coils, SMS was faced in the project
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