BCS Group

Project Challenge

Chosen to supply a state-of-the-art materials handling system for Australia’s largest mover of freight, BCS Group needed around a thousand geared motors and inverters. BCS decided to go with the NORD Drivesystems because the product offered a number of innovative features that provide efficiencies for both BCS and their client.

Background: In 2014, Toll IPEC decided to boost its parcel delivery capabilities by building a new freight sorting facility in Melbourne. The new ‘mega centre’ would become a key component of the company’s extensive national distribution network. Melbourne’s Tullamarine area was chosen as the location for the facility which is one of the largest of its kind in Australia. The centre promised to deliver some impressive benefits to Toll including parcel sorting capacity up to 35,000 parcels per hour.

BCS Group: Toll chose the BCS Group to supply the materials handling system for the new Melbourne facility. BCS’ automated solution incorporates many processes including arrival into depot, data gathering, high speed sortation, flexible loading/dispatch solutions, system monitoring and intelligence.

NORD Drivesystems: A facility of this size requires an extensive conveyor system to move parcels around within the facility. Such a system requires a significant quantity of motors and inverters. BCS chose NORD’s new helical bevel series geared motors fitted with decentralised inverters for the job.
“The conveyors run the delivery of all parcels to the sorter and basic distribution from the sorter as well", explained Frank Kassai, Group Engineering Manager at BCS. “We were looking at over one thousand motors and drives. They’re all different sizes. They range [from]0.37 kW up to 5.5kW."