Institute of Transport and Automation Technology Institute Team
ModHalbo - Development and validation of a novel transportation and storage concept using interconnected multidirectional heavy-duty conveyor modules

Research Projects

ModHalbo - Development and validation of a novel transportation and storage concept using interconnected multidirectional heavy-duty conveyor modules

Led by:  M. Sc. Pavel Bakhteev, M. Sc. Felix Wentzien
E-Mail:  felix.wentzien@ita.uni-hannover.de
Year:  2024
Funding:  Forschungsgemeinschaft Intralogistik/Fördertechnik und Logistiksystem e.V (IFL)
Duration:  01.08.2024 - 31.01.2027

In current intralogistics, industrial trucks that require manual operation are predominantly used for transporting goods within warehouses, as well as for incoming and outgoing goods. The time required for these processes therefore depends, among other things, on the number of usable transport vehicles and their operating personnel. In order to speed up these processes and to counteract the shortage of skilled workers, as well as to achieve a more dynamic and flexible operation within the warehouse, a modular warehouse floor is being developed and tested in this project as a new type of intralogistics basic element. The basic requirements for the modular warehouse floor are, on the one hand, the expansion of the logistics concept of existing warehouses. This new basic element should enable the autonomous transportation of load carriers, but should also be accessible to personnel and industrial trucks so that transport processes do not have to be interrupted when transport routes cross. On the other hand, the hall floor must be able to withstand the weight of personnel, industrial trucks, load carriers and transported goods for this integration capability and, with a target value of 9 tons, represents the key parameter in the project. Transport on the modular hall floor will be omnidirectional in order to make goods handling efficient and flexible.