Fully automatic
rail loading

The task

Unloading
Loading

An automotive plant is receiving battery modules by rail in stacks weighing up to five tons and shipping batteries in stacks weighing up to five tons. The plant’s requirement: fully automated unloading and reloading of the arriving mixed-freight trains comprising up to six railcars per train.

The solution

Alztec develops and supplies the self-loading railcar designed to unload stacks of modules or batteries in packs of 3 or 4 from the train and to reload the train with identical cargo. The system moves loads of up to 20 tons at a speed of up to 2.0 meters/second. The self-loading railcar features a loading device. The system is designed for fully automated unloading of approx. 250 stacks per day and fully automated reloading of approx. 250 stacks per day, in two shifts.

Facts and figures

250 stacks per day
Payload: 20 tons

Alztec team:
2 design & engineering staff
8 assembly & commissioning staff
2 electrical & control engineering staff

Main components:
1 self-loading railcar
170 metres of rail
1 safety features & equipment
1 plant control system including visualization