BEUMER Group UK awarded prestigious baggage handling system projects at London Heathrow Airport

Key Facts:

• Portfolio of projects includes Hold Baggage Screening (HBS) and asset replacement projects across Heathrow Airport
• Involves the installation of over 30 HBS machines and an LS-4000E tilt-tray sorter
• Includes extensive emulation to prove systems prior to go-live

BEUMER Group UK with Crisplant – a leading global supplier of automated baggage handling systems – has been awarded a portfolio of prestigious baggage handling system projects at Heathrow Airport, London, UK. This portfolio of projects, known as “Q6”, was awarded to the BEUMER Group UK by the main contractor Balfour Beatty and includes the installation and integration of over thirty Standard 3 Hold Baggage Screening (HBS) machines. Balfour Beatty completed a robust tender selection process before awarding the contract to BEUMER Group.

The Q6 portfolio of projects consists of upgrading the existing Hold Baggage Screening (HBS) machines to meet Standard 3 legislation; the installation and commissioning of a new Crisplant LS-4000E tilt-tray baggage sorter; and major asset replacement of the baggage handling control systems. These projects will take place in Terminals 1 and 4. Also included in the Q6 portfolio is the task of installing and integrating nine new Standard 3 HBS machines into T2, The Queen’s Terminal. BEUMER Group will also ensure that all high-level baggage IT controls and systems, such as the Sort Allocation Computer (SAC) and SCADA, interface seamlessly with the new baggage handling assets and the HBS Standard 3 screening machines. During the Q6 project delivery BEUMER Group will install and integrate a total of thirty-two Standard 3 HBS machines into the Heathrow Airport baggage handling system.

“The Q6 portfolio of baggage projects requires very detailed and extensive project phasing and an operational mitigation plan plus an integrated testing regime using comprehensive system emulation,” comments Peter Gilks, Managing Director, Airports Division, BEUMER Group UK. “This proven BEUMER Group methodology will ensure that the live Heathrow Airport operation will be protected during the delivery of this wide portfolio of Q6 baggage projects.”