Get a load of the safety equipment
June 1st 2010 The installation of a new modular
loading platform system from
Thorworld Industries is reported to
have helped increase the efficiency of
loading and unloading and enhance
safety for Universal Silencer. The
system has been installed at the
company's UK base in Hinckley,
Leicestershire, where there is no
dedicated loading bay, to allow it to
receive deliveries on-site.
Universal Silencer supplies
engineered acoustic, emission and
filtration solutions, and it is the size of
this equipment that has necessitated
the need for a platform system.Many
of the acoustic systems are too large
to be removed from a lorry using a
traditional yard ramp because, as the
forklift truck reverses down the ramp,
the silencer would raise up, hitting
and damaging the roof of the lorry.
Thorworld's engineers designed a
bespoke, modular system, consisting
of a Type 9 loading ramp, providing
access to six Thorworld raised
platforms, which have been
connected together to form a single
structure measuring 5.9 x 7.5m.
Safety has been ensured with the
installation of a wide variety of
Thorworld ancillary equipment and
safety aids on the platform and in the
surrounding area. These include a
dockboard, dock bumpers, flared
alignment curbs, fork and pallet truck
raves, removable hand rails and a set
of access steps. More articles from Thorworld Industries: | 
