UFIS Airport Innovation Provides the BRAINS® of Baggage Handling at Helsinki Vantaa Airport
05 June 2007
With the installation of its BRAINS®, low-level controls, and Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, UFIS Airport Innovation has an integral role in the baggage handling systems and logistics operation at Helsinki Vantaa Airport, Helsinki, Finland.
UFIS AI's BRAINS is installed in all terminals at Vantaa. It provides the users a powerful tool to control the entire baggage handling system. Three key BRAINS modules are in use - Routing, Carousel Allocation, and Automatic Departure Planner. Auto scanners control the sorting at Vantaa with bin sorting being done in Terminal 1, 2, and 3 and carousel sorting in Terminal 4.
UFIS AI was also responsible for the low-level controls in the baggage handling system. A Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) system is installed in Terminals 1, 3, and 4. Ten PLCs control the baggage flow at 55 check-in counters (six check-in islands in each of three terminals) and six arrival carousels.
"Helsinki Vantaa Airport is continuing to expand and develop in order to meet the future growth seen in the passenger transportation market", said Idar Sørgjerd, managing director of UFIS Airport Innovation. "The role and aim of our company is to continue to support the expansion and development which Helsinki Vantaa Airport is going through with our products and services".
"UFIS Airport Innovation has its place and special focus as part of the UFIS Airport Solutions Corporation with its software concept for baggage handling systems, thus completing our Integrated Airport Solutions portfolio", said Anders Sagadin, UFIS Airport Solutions' President and CEO. "The fact that we won one more customer in this area shows that our products and services are really corresponding to the needs of the airports and that the UFIS Group is a reliable business partner in all product areas we offer."
