The Banque de France, or Financial institution of France, has launched a large-scale mission to construct a brand new plant in Vic-Le-Comte, France, which already homes a paper mill, creating a worldwide banknote manufacturing hub on the chopping fringe of technological innovation.
The brand new, extremely safe constructing will home each printing and logistics actions. Course of automation was entrusted to Alstef Group, who will provide a logistics system together with a high-bay warehouse served by 4 stacker cranes inside an automatic “greenhouse”.
Movement administration will likely be dealt with by a fleet of automated guided autos and/or autonomous cellular robots comprising 10 of Alstef’s “Turtle” AGV-AMRs Loadstar machines geared up with curler conveyors, in addition to 10 GL 10.1 AGVs.
The system will likely be managed by Opal, the WCS developed by Alstef Group, for management and visualization of all gear and logistics operations throughout the web site.
This bold mission will allow the Financial institution of France to take care of its competitiveness and safe the way forward for its banknote enterprise, whereas making a web site that’s extremely safe, fashionable, and environmentally pleasant.
The muse stones have been laid on the finish of 2023, with commissioning scheduled for 2026.
Matthieu Crosnier, Alstef Group intralogistics gross sales director, says: “We’re delighted to be working with the Banque de France as soon as once more.
“In 2017, we designed and carried out an progressive logistics system on the Banque de France’s Fiduciary Heart in La Courneuve, a completely automated web site the place over 1 billion banknotes are checked and saved yearly.
“In the present day, we’re supporting this key participant within the worldwide banknote market with the design of a tailored system based mostly on a variety of technological options supplied by the Group.”
