Successful trade fair marathon for TRAPO GmbH

Automation solutions for intralogistics are offered by many, but the decisive key to success is overall system competence. TRAPO embeds systems tailor-made in the production environment: Hardware and software for conveyor technology, robotics, individual gripper technology, autonomous shuttle transport and control by an ME system come from a single source. The think tank from Gescher-Hochmoor in Westphalia now presented itself with live machine performances at the LogiMAT in Stuttgart and the interpack in Düsseldorf.

It was a marathon that the highly motivated team mastered: with a staggering visitor response, enormous presence in the trade media and concrete enquiries in the triple-digit range. At the same time, it was also a successful baptism of fire for TRAPO's new CSO, Enrico Pes, an industry insider whom customers and colleagues appreciate as a proven expert, developer and persistent problem solver.

LogiMAT started with a big bang for TRAPO: the award for "BEST PRODUCT" for autonomous loading and unloading with the TLS 3600. "It's the love and passion for research & development that drives us," knows Dr Thomas Gutwald, Managing Director of TRAPO. "With this renowned prize of the intralogistics industry, we are confirmed and spurred on!"

Downtimes reduced - safety increased

"For decades we have been striving to reduce the standing times of trucks at the ramp," said Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolf Michael Scheid, head of the department and jury member, explaining the jury's decision and praising: "TRAPO offers an improvement for box trucks in general, without special stationary facilities: a step forward. We have an approach that is not only applicable at a ramp and that tolerates tolerances in the alignment of the trucks," praised Scheid for looking ahead.

His jury colleague, trade journalist Jan Kaulfuhs-Berger, underlined: "The first favourite from the loading technology sector is the TRAPO loading system TLS 3600 for automated loading of box trucks with Euro pallets. The user benefits: Increased safety and time savings." The TLS acts automatically between the warehouse and the loading bay. Kaulfuhs-Berger praises the avoidance of personal accidents in the loading zone. The monitoring and control of the shuttles via the ME system TIM (TRAPO Intelligent Management System) is also excellent.

Shelf-Ready Packaging: saving up to 25% raw material

With the LogiMAT success in their luggage, the TRAPO sales team set off for interpack, where, under the motto "Rethinking Packaging Processes", precise robotic palletising and depalletising was performed live with a suction gripper and a fork gripper. The perfect cooperation was perfectly complemented by conveyor technology on two levels and the TRAPO Pack software.

The Eco-Box Packaging System (EPS series), an innovative solution for shelf-ready packaging, celebrated its premiere at interpack. During development, the focus was not only on performance, but above all on the sustainability aspect - with high savings potential for cardboard packaging! The EPS combines the visual advantages of tray lid packaging with the logistical advantages of one-piece secondary packaging.

At both fairs, the Trapo Hubs equipped with monitors were open: There, the TRAPO team used case studies to answer detailed questions about the entire portfolio from the international audience.

Meanwhile, TRAPO is writing the next chapter in its 65-year success story: the showroom with loading ramp and stage for autonomous loading and unloading with the TLS 3600 will be opened and customers welcomed as early as this summer.