From rack and roll to rocksteady
July 6th 2005

Warehouse Systems Limited has installed a new pallet racking system for Cottam Power Station – enabling the site to itemise, label and store a diverse range of products in designated positions.

WSL proposed an initial installation of around 200 pallet locations. Individual bays of standard pallet racking were chosen to accommodate the heavy products, where many pallets weigh up to two tonnes. Lighter products were moved four deep into push-back racking while tubular products are now stored in cantilever racking – with arms set up to accept both six- and eight-metre bundles weighing up to two tonnes each.

WSL then designed a versatile wooden pallet to support two-tonne loads on racking beams, as well as one-tonne loads on push-back racking and point loads from couplings and other oddly shaped valves. Due to an irregular shape and because the products were often unsecured on the pallet, WSL supplied pallet collars to provide a 200mm wall around the outside, preventing roll and giving a surface to push against when loading push-back racks.

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