This was followed by the theoretical implementation of the machines. Delayed by coronavirus and the takeover of an Oldenburg printing company by Ellerhold AG, the groundbreaking ceremony took place in October 2021. The first machi-nes were therefore brought in during March 2023. Production now runs across the 9 different plant sections of Krifft & Zipsner GmbH.

In the first step, the pile is prepared after the laminator in accordance with the specifications transferred to our control system via the PPS/ERP system. It can be rotated by up to 180° and equipped with a pallet. It can then be transferred via the transfer car to a discharge conveyor or to the warehouse.

In this project, all of our expertise has been put into practice for the customer and adapted to its wishes. The higher-level software ensures that every pile is in the right place at the right time. This means that the warehouse is utilised efficiently. Attention is also paid to the sequence of the corresponding orders. This is handled by the KriziTransDesk warehouse management system, a PC-based warehouse management system that is responsible for the higher-level control of the warehouse. As soon as the piles are retrieved from the respective diecutting machine, the ground-level conveyor belts take over the task of conveying the pile into the feeder of the automatic die-cutting machine.

„In our old cardboard factory, the flow of materials kept crossing over. The piles had to be repeatedly moved due to the confined space. This resulted in a lot of extra work for each pile. There was also a risk of the goods getting damaged and, in the worst case, the safety of personnel or operating materials being endangered by an industrial truck. It is important to us that the machine makes work easier for our employees and that production is carried out without a lot of physical exertion,“ explains Maximilian Ellerhold.

They also take on job of the pallet dispensers at the delivery logistics of the two BOBST die-cutting machines. Here, the pallets are orientated according to the requirements of the machine and transported into the machine via a ground-level logistics system. Once the pile has been stacked on the pallet, another ground-level logistics system is used to transport it to the removal conveyor. There, an employee can collect the pile for further processing.

We at Krifft & Zipsner GmbH are proud to be able to equip Ellerhold AG with our plastic belt conveyors, pile turners and transfer cars and at the same time to be part of the company‘s success story.

True to our motto „WE MOVE WITH SYSTEM“, we tackled this assignment and can now proudly present another completed project.

Kartonfabrik Ellerhold

The following facts can be summarised about the Kartonfabrik Ellerhold , which belongs to Ellerhold AG with the managing directors Maximilian and Stephan Ellerhold:
• Investment sum € 20 million
• Total area 12,000 square metres
• 1 corrugator & laminator from Quantum Stock
• 2 automatic die-cutting machines from BOBST
• 1 die-cutting machine from YoungShin
• Approx. 220 m of conveyor technology
• Approx. 150 m travel distance of the transfer cars
• Approx. 280 square metres of storage space distributed over 33 plastic belt conveyors
• Newly developed warehouse system from Krifft & Zipsner (KriziTransDesk) with automatic transfer of the PPS/ERP data of the respective pile

The two brothers are particularly proud of the conveyor belts from Krifft & Zipsner GmbH, which run through the hall like a blue ribbon. The entire facility consists of 9 sub-projects. These include, among others:
• 3 transfer cars with induction supply
• 1 stacking preparation device for palletless and pallet-integrated transport
• 1 accumulation storage unit for the BOBST die-cutting machines
• 1 accumulation storage unit for the YoungShin die-cutting machine
• 3 feeds to the die-cutting machines (at ground level)
• 2 removal units from the die-cutting machines (at ground level)