Conveyor reduces truck use
February 1st 2005

Conveyor equipment from European Conveyor Systems is meeting the need for high-volume pallet handling with minimal use of lift trucks in a new cold store opened by Phil Hanley in Nottinghamshire.

The new store, which operates at -22°C, has 69 rows of mobile racking and four static racks, 10.5m high, for bulk storage of incoming goods on pallets and five mezzanine floors linked by goods lifts, where orders are picked.

The bulk storage racking is linked to the loading bays by a pair of powered conveyors, which are designed for a minimum throughput of 60 pallets/hour weighing up to 1150kg. They are primarily used to carry incoming gods from the loading bays to the bulk racking but can be operated in reverse.

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