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Left:
The 68-pallet deep racking lane of the bigger racking system. It is five levels high and 30 m wide. The smaller racking setup utilises 20-pallet
lanes.
Right:
Designated forklift areas provide efficient loading and unloading points, and eliminate the need for forklifts to enter the lanes as in a
conventional racking setup. This speeds up storage and retrieval, reduces damage to the racks and enhances warehouse safety.
whilst moving in the tunnels. Bumpers
and stop points also help to avoid would-
be accidents. The wifi-controlled terminal
allows control of multiple shuttles from
a Dell tablet and intuitive functioning
means operators use push-button actions
only in order to convey instructions.
This storage system consists of four-
pallet shuttles in two main aisles. A
supplementary back-up pallet shuttle was
issued on consignment, as was a rescue
cart to assist in the event of battery fail-
ure. If repositioning or site transfers are
required, the pallet shuttle is manually
handled using a conventional reach truck.
Before Phase 1 of the installation
was complete, Intermodal realised the
need for additional capacity sooner than
anticipated. They commissioned APC
Storage Solutions SA to install a planned
Phase 2 installation as part of Phase 1.
“We were sufficiently flexible to incor-
porate the latter requirements into our
installation,” Meyburgh points out, “and
we completed this part of the project in
an operational environment.”
Intermodal Cargo Solutions has
now been a full year in production
subsequent to implementation of APC
Storage Solutions SA’s full maintenance
agreement. The Customs Franchised
Container Freight Station Company has
not experienced any downtime on APC
Storage Solutions SA’s pallet shuttles
since the implementation of the mainte-
nance agreement.
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