New Satellite Terminal Opened at Incheon Airport
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Erlangen, July 8, 2008
Baggage handling system from Siemens ensures safe transport of baggage
The new satellite terminal A at Incheon International Airport (IIA) was opened on June 20, 2008 in the presence of the South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. The Siemens Mobility Division has installed a complex baggage handling system for the satellite building. As a result of the expansion Incheon International Airport can now handle up to 45 million passengers per year.
The main terminal is connected to the satellite building by a 1 km-long tunnel, which necessitated the installation of a high-speed tray system. Each individual piece of luggage is transported in its own tray at a speed of up to 25 km/h. Another technological challenge was to combine the transport of out-of-gauge (OOG) baggage with normal bags on one conveyer line.
Thanks to the highly modern baggage handling system from Siemens, it is now possible to safely transport bags with the help of belt conveyors, high-speed trays and a wide variety of tilt-tray sorters and other types of sorter from the check-in desk to the plane or from the plane to the baggage collection carousel. Up to 2,700 pieces of luggage can be handled every hour. The minimum connecting time (MCT) for Incheon International Airport - the minimum time required for passengers and their luggage to be transferred to connecting flights - is only 35 minutes. The 'Baggage Base IT' software from Siemens controls the complex handling system which is 67 km long and features 5,900 normal trays and 300 trays for OOG baggage as well as 12,500 drives and 160 Simatic S7 PLCs.
It was possible to hand over the new system to the customer one month earlier than planned. On May 27, after an installation time of only 48 months, baggage was sorted for the first flights from the new satellite terminal.
The contract to enlarge the existing baggage handling system was signed by Poscom and Posmec, the Korean partners in the consortium, and Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) in December 2004. The order was worth a total of 220 million euros, with the Siemens portion amounting to 101 million euros. Siemens was responsible for technical management of the project.
Further information on airport logistics at:
http://siemens.com/airport-logistics
A photo relating to this press release can be found at:
http://www.siemens.com/ts-pictures/MO200807038
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the worldwide leading supplier of production, transportation and building technologies. With integrated hardware and software technologies as well as comprehensive Industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity and efficiency of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and OSRAM. With around 209,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal 2007 total sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated).
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The Siemens Mobility Division (Erlangen, Germany) is the internationally leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With its "Complete Mobility" approach, the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. Complete Mobility combines the company's competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, as well as forward-looking service concepts.
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Siemens AG
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