Had you ever imagined how the baggage handling
system at an airport works?
Here is the
explanation on how the airport baggage has been handled in safety manner. A
baggage handling system at an airport plays vital role in keeping the
passengers happy and it also provides in making a huge difference in an airport
to attract the ability to serve as central point. Their major function is involved
in making sure that the luggage gets to the right location in the airport. A
baggage handling system consists of much process such as: Check-in, Conveyors,
DCVs, Loading the Plane, Making transfers and Baggage claim.
A baggage handling
system is like road system in a city where the conveyors are like local roads,
DCV tracks are like highway and cars are like bag. Baggage starts and ends on
conveyors. The various processes carried in a baggage handling system as
follows:
1.
Check – in
Once you check in, the agent pulls up your tag
itinerary on the computer to print out one or two tags which is to be attached
to each of your suitcase. A tag contains 10 digits bar code which has all the
information about the destination and flight information. Thus, the bar code is
unique to your duffle
bag which is used in computers to look up your
itinerary.
2.
Conveyors
The conveyer is the main terminal in the
airport which consists of huge network.
Once your travel bag have been scanned, the baggage handling system tracks its
movement to know the exact place of your baggage on the conveyor system. When
the bag reaches the junction, an indicator machine named as pusher, let to pass
on or push it off on another bag.
3.
DCV’s
The Destination
coded vehicle tends to move your bag quickly off ramp where the distance from
main terminal to passenger terminal is quite long.
4.
Loading the Plane
Once the bags reaches off-ramp, it lets to make
the way towards sorting station where the baggage handlers load the bags on a
special container to get the baggage claim. The bags are monitored at sorting
station.
5.
Making Transfers
This system is generally used when the
passengers get off the plane fast than the bags reach the baggage claim area.
6.
Baggage Claim
The bags which are come from plane are pulled
to claiming area, which are already sorted.