Space saving solution
December 1st 2007 The regeneration of East
London ahead of the 2012
Olympic Games is providing
work for many UK
companies, including
Spaceway Group which has
just completed the fitting out
of Buhler Sortex's new
distribution centre. Working
with BITO as its single source
supplier, Spaceway was able
to ensure that the integration
of a range of pallet racking,
carton live racking and
shelving would fuse together
to provide the optimum
storage system.
By using a variety of racking
and shelving, Spaceway has
met Buhler Sortex's storage
challenge of needing to
accommodate a diversity of
products from large machine
casings to small fixings.
Ceiling height was
considered and every chance
to use space was built into
the design. Eighteen lanes
of pallet live racking have
been designed to carry large
fixtures two deep while 474
pallets can be
accommodated in standard
pallet racking. Long tube
pigeonhole locations
accommodate articles such
as fluorescent tubes up to
1.8 metres long and the
inclusion of a large number
of carton live storage is being
used to accommodate a
variety of boxes. The
inclusion of a large number
of two deep Carton Live
locations enables Buhler
Sortex to use a Kanban
principle to ensure stock
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