Copenhagen Airports

Speaker Biograghy: Karsten holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Aarhus, with a focus on automated control systems. Before joining Copenhagen Airport in 2012, he spent 15 years as Project Manager in the machine manufacturing industry, the last eight as responsible for developing control systems in Alfa Laval’s central development department. At Copenhagen Airports Karsten is responsible for development of control systems and IT systems in the baggage department. His main focus is developing control systems and IT solutions that prepare the baggage handling system for the growth in baggage volume and increase the quality of the baggage handling process. As Copenhagen Airport is very compact, the utilisation of existing capacity is very important. Optimisation of the manual encoding process has been one of the areas with large capacity-saving potential.


Day 3 - 16 March
Session:
Technology: Integration & Apps


12:25 - 12:55 - The transfer bag challenge
Synopsis: In most airport operations, time is the challenge for handling transfer baggage. Although most baggage is successfully handled by a fully automated process within the timeframes, there remains the problem of bags with tags that cannot be read by the automated system. To be able to reduce the critical manual encoding station (MES) time, Copenhagen Airport was the first airport in the world to introduce a video coding system (VCS) into the airport’s BHS. The introduction of the VCS proved highly effective and has been able to reduce the pressure on the MES by 30%.

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