Work together for the digital future

The development of new products and the application of new technologies has always been not smooth, in the face of the digital twin technology landing airport baggage automatic detection process of many challenges, van der Lauder and Schneider Electric work together to overcome.

8440-2178 Usually, the check-in and security process at the airport is complicated – the identification and face recognition needs to be carried out by a human, and then the passenger enters the security channel to place the baggage in the baggage box and manually push forward. As the baggage frame slowly flows into the security screening machine, the staff checks the passengers simultaneously. When the security check is complete, if there are no prohibited items in the luggage, the staff will manually return the luggage frame to the front after the passenger has collected the luggage. If there is a problem, the baggage will have to be taken back by hand for reinspection. Obviously, the whole process is less efficient and requires a lot of manpower.

The new automated baggage detection line at the airport developed by Van der Lande uses automated equipment to save a lot of labor. When passengers enter the security channel and put the luggage into the baggage box, they only need to self-service face recognition and binding with the baggage. The line will then automatically transfer the baggage – if the security screening machine detects a problem with the baggage, it will automatically divert it into a separate channel; If there is no problem, it will come to the place where the passenger security check is completed. After the passenger picks up the baggage, the empty baggage frame will be lifted to the bottom and automatically returned to the initial position through the bottom channel, leaving it for the next passenger to continue to use.

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This innovative two-layer design put a higher demand on Schneider Electric’s EMET software, because when building a digital model of the physical line with simulation software, the blocked lower channel is usually not visible, but Van der Lande wanted to see the structure of the lower layer through perspective. In order to meet the needs of the customer, Schneider Electric based on efficient internal collaboration, through the change of the model and the addition of plug-ins, finally the perfect realization of Van der Lande’s requirements for the construction of the detection line. As a result, Van der Lande can more vividly and clearly show the operation mode of the upper and lower levels of the new airport baggage detection line to the end user, which is conducive to sales and customer acquisition.

8440-2178 On the basis of the remarkable results achieved in this project, the future cooperation between Vanderlande and Schneider Electric will further go deeper, applying the experience of virtual inspection line project to a wider range of airport end users, and the application of digital twin software will also expand from baggage inspection line to application scenarios such as storage, jointly helping the industry to a more intelligent future.