The enhancements to Terminal 2’s baggage handling system are part of the terminal’s four-year expansion project, adding five million passengers per annum (mppa) to Changi’s capacity and bringing the airport’s total handling capacity to 90 mppa.
The Group has modernised the tilt-tray sorter-based system mechanically and upgraded the control system hardware and software to deliver higher reliability and efficiency.
It has also renewed associated equipment comprising conveyors, carousels, early bag storage (EBS) system; as well as interfacing with a new FAST self-service check-in system provided by the airport.
The new BHS incorporates a CrisStore rack-based storage system to improve baggage handling capacity, accuracy and security. This serves as a dynamic EBS system in which loading lanes replace the need for multiple make-up positions.
The Terminal 2 EBS at Changi Airport now has storage capacity for 2,400 bags and includes 1,200m of CrisBag, BEUMER Group’s baggage conveyancing system, which is already in use at Terminals 3 and 4.
“The unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic had resulted in a severe labour crunch in Singapore, which initially impacted the progress of the T2 BHS redevelopment project,” says Hwee Onn Teng, Group Senior Vice President (Engineering Management & Systems Planning) at CAG. “As Terminal 2 was subsequently closed due to the pandemic, CAG collaborated with BEUMER Group to absorb Terminal 2’s maintenance team into the T2 BHS redevelopment project. This not only helped to preserve the jobs of the maintenance team and enabled Changi Airport to bounce back strongly once travel restrictions were eased, it also alleviated the manpower shortage situation faced by the project team. This would not have been possible without the strong support and collaborative spirit of BEUMER Group’s management team.”
Ronald Willems, Airport Divisional Director, BEUMER Group adds: “For me, the Changi Terminal 2 project has been a benchmark example of how true partnership working can lead to great success.”
