BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM

Beijing Capital International Airport, China

The Beijing Capital International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in China. It has rapidly ascended in rankings of the world’s busiest airports in the past decade. In 2008, passenger volumes have doubled to 55.94 million, making Beijing Capital International Airport the 8th busiest airport in the world.

To accommodate the growing traffic volume, Beijing Capital International Airport expanded its existing terminals to include a new Terminal 3 in 2008. Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 is one of the largest terminal in the world, and the 3rd largest building in the world by area. Construction of Baggage Handling Systems for the new terminal started in 2005 and was completed by February 2008 in time to handle the surge in passengers visiting the Beijing Olympic Games in August of 2008.

Pteris Global took on the contract to design and install a Baggage Handling Systems consisting of 314 check-in counters, 15km of transport conveyors and 66 carousels.

KEY FEATURES OF PROJECT

Project Commencement Date : June 2005

Project Completion Date : July 2008

Passenger capacity : 60 million passengers annually

Area : 986,000m²

Processing Capability : 19,200 bags per hour

Pteris Global’s Scope of Work

• 15km of transport conveyors
• 314 check-in counters, integrated with empty tote seeding
• 11 check-in islands
• 66 Arrival and Departure carousels
• 8 Single Plow Diverter
• EBS System
• 25 Vertical Sortation Units
• Programmable Control Logic (PLC)

Scope of Work by Others

• Consist of High Level Control (HLC)
• Sort Allocation Control (SAC)
• Tilt-tray Sorter System
• High Speed Tray System
• Empty Tote System