A tonic for Coke
August 1st 2007 On time and on budget, FKI
Logistex has designed,
manufactured and installed a
fully automated warehouse
for Coca-Cola Enterprises
(CCE).
The high-tech facility
provides on-site storage for
the first time at CCE's
Edmonton production unit,
eliminating expensive double
handling operations.
Housing 25,224 pallet
locations, and now the most
modern of the six UK-based
warehouse and distribution
centres operated by CCE, the
unit is designed to
accommodate future growth
forecasts.
Linked to five bottling
production lines and handling
product for CCE customers
throughout London and the
South of England, the new
warehouse can receive 200
pallets and despatch 300
pallets every hour. Interfaced
to the CCE host WMS, the
Logistex Warehouse System
handles every movement
from receipt to despatch.
FKI has to meet targets of
98.5 per cent to 100 per cent
full system availability and 65
per cent throughput even
when 'down'.
The 33-metre clad rack
building features 12 aisles
with fully-automated FKI
Logistex storage and retrieval
systems, each incorporating
32-metre high, double-deep
pallet-handling cranes. Five
automated elevator units
connect the production lines
to a high-level pallet system.
Heavy-duty conveyor
systems are bespoke for
CHEP and MU pallets.
Handling pallet types
including GKNs and 2 x 800
x 600 plastic merchandisable
units, a twin-level shuttle
system automatically sorts
pallets to customer loads.
The pallet-handling systems
include four transfer cars and
five vertical transfer devices.
Incorporating pre-despatch,
double-tier gravity lane
marshalling, the warehouse
has close-coupled loading
bays for ultra-fast vehicle
turnaround. Alongside
integration, FKI was
responsible for the supply of
mezzanine floors, sprinklers
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