b'LOGISTICS IMPROVEMENTSinstructions from the Pesmel WMS system that maintains the warehouse inventory, according to guidelines received from the mill information system (MIS).The entire system is operated using the Pesmel WMS (Warehouse Management System) and its field devices controlled with the PLC system. The WMS is connected to the MIS in use.The system has several out-feeding lines to the truck loading area. Stacker Figure 2. TransRoll sorting car at in-feed side. cranes bring the rolls to the out-feeding level, where the storage has full width and verified. To make sure theby the horizontally moving TransRollof the storage stacker discharge sorting data and the roll match togethersorting cars (4 units totally). TransRollchannels; from here, the out-take with WMS/MIS information, rollsorting cars are pre-sorting rolls onsorter cars picks the roll sets and dimensions are confirmed accordingthe sorting channels, from where themoves them to conveyors that both the BCR information. If the ID orstacker cranes are collecting rolls setsmoves and up-ends rolls to a specific roll measurements are not clearto be stored in the ARW.truck loading conveyor. and acceptable within specified tolerances, these rolls are sent viaOnce the load becomes ready on theAbove every truck loading conveyor bypass conveyors towards existing rollsorting channel, it is picked up byis a digital info display to help both warehouses, where they are manuallythe stacker crane and taken to thetruck drivers and clamp trucks with the handled.designated storage address.identification of the right address.Also, in the event of an exceptionalRolls are handled and storedThe truck shipping area has been failure that results in a stoppage ofhorizontally in deep lane storage.designed specifically for this project the stacker cranes and sorters, theStacker cranes are fully automated,in order to improve truck driver safety production can be directed to bypassand are operating accordingduring truck loading operations.conveyors located in the manual warehouses. Rolls from production lines arein the received in the storage area by theevent of an TransRoll sorting cars which sort theexceptional rolls according to product references. failure, the production All production lines are connected tocan be the conveyor line running from eastdirected to west direction (from OMC to PM8)to bypass in the rack at the machine floor levelconveyors (+6m). From this conveyor roll sets arelocated in collected on the turning slat conveyors,the manual to be taken in the ARW pre-sortingwarehouses.40 WORLD PULP&PAPER'