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Page 42 November 1st 2010Email: warehouse@flame1.com PRODUCT AND EQUIPMENT NEWSTel: 01923 272960NEWS IN BRIEFPRODUCT NEWSANIMAL BEDDING PACKING SYSTEMSUPPLIEDChronos BTH Limited has recentlycompleted the installation andcommissioning of a new turnkey packingsystem for R.A. & C.E. Platt Ltd’s facilitynear Wrexham. The company is aleading supplier of wood shavings andsawdust for use as animal bedding forhorses, cattle and other livestock; theirproducts provide cost-effectivesolutions for enhanced animal welfare.DASCOM GB INTRODUCES NEWTHERMAL PRINTERSDASCOM GB, has announced newadditions to its printer range, with theintroduction of three thermal printers inthe upper speed range, TallyDASCOM7010, 7106 and 7206. The printers havebeen specifically designed to providereliability, robustness and high printingspeeds in retail and manufacturingenvironments, and are very user-friendly,thanks to the new "Easy System".TROAX PARTITIONING CREATES NEWOFFICE FOR M & J DRILLINGTroax’s modular, double skin, steelpartitioning system, Excalibur, has beenused to create new office and storagefacilities at M & J Drilling’s premises inDudley. The company is a specialistcontractor in the investigation andstabilisation of shallow mineworkingsand provides state-of-the-art drillingrigs and associated equipment.MASCOT - BEST IN EUROPEFrost & Sullivan has recently presentedawards to some of the 300 industrieswhich are continuously monitored. Inthe market of Workwear, MASCOTInternational A/S was presented withthe Customer Value EnhancementAward from more than 700 Europeanmanufacturers of workwear. It was theonly award, which was presented to themarket of workwear.FORKLIFT ATTACHMENTMEANS MORE CASH FOR SCOTTISH CASH & CARRY WAREHOUSESterlinghshire-based M9 Cash &Carry is, as its name suggests, a cashand carry wholesaler. ServingScotland’s central belt, the companysupplies a range of snack foods, drinks,cigarettes, confectionery and over thecounter medicines to independentretailers from Glasgow to Aberdeen.The company’s warehouse facilitydoubles up as a store and a retail areawhere M9’s clients are free to wanderand select and collect their goods.Within the warehouse, pallet loadsof products are either stored within acompact racked storage area or blockstacked on the floor. For additionalbulk storage M9 keeps a number ofcontainers within its yard area.When some stock items are runninglow, palletised loads are takenfrom the containers to the warehouseusing a counterbalanced truck andstock is replenished directly from thepallet to the picking area before theremainder is returned - still on thepallet - to the container.The company had been experiencingstock losses due to damagecaused by the forklift trucks as theyunloaded incoming orders and pickedup and transferred pallet loads ofproduct around the site.In an attempt to stop the wastagethe company added Jayline Products’innovative load protection pads to thecarriages of the counterbalanced andreach trucks that operate at the site.Made in the UK from heavy dutymoulded rubber, the Patented protectorsfit to the rear face of a forklifttruck’s forks and provide a cushionedbarrier between the load and the forks.As the pallet is picked up, the protectorprevents the load from hitting the forksor the fork carriage with sufficient forceto cause damage to the load.Since introducing the load protectors,damage to goods as they areunloaded from incoming trailers andmoved around M9’s site has been allbut eliminated.“Damage to stock caused by theforklifts has dropped significantlysince the introduction of the load protectors.These days what stockdamage we do suffer is largely causedby negligence and not the forkliftsthemselves,” says Omar Hanif, M9Cash & Carry’s general manager.Available in a choice of sizes to fit4” (105mm), 5” (130mm), 6” (160mm)and 8” (200mm) forks, the Jayline protectorsare suitable for use with awide range of materials handlingequipment, including counterbalancedand warehouse trucks.The load protectors are quickly fittedusing a simple yet robust strappingsystem and their slim profile means thata fork truck’s load handling capacity isnot compromised by their use.Jayline Products LtdPeter KimberleyTel: 01386 854912peter.kimberley@btinternet.comwww.jaylineproducts.co.ukDENTAL DIRECTORYTURNS TO I -S SOLUTIONS U.K. LTDDental Directory, the U.K.’sleading distributor of dental healthcareproducts turned to I-S SolutionsU.K. Ltd, a market leader in automatedmaterial handling systems tohelp with a large expansion to itsorder picking and stock replenishmentsystem at its 50,000 square footdistribution centre in Witham, Essex.After seeing first hand the capabilitiesand high quality, I-S Solutionstogether with Dental Directory chosethe highly respected UNI-XU rangeof conveyors from the U.K.’s largestconveyor manufacturer, ConveyorUnits Ltd.The system involved switchingfrom the existing conveyor system andre-routing orders to a newly developedunit, incorporating ten pickstations over two levels, which incorporateda newly built mezzanine floor.The system was designed to handleboth standard plastic totes and cardboardboxes with weights rangingfrom empty up to a maximum of25Kgs., based on a 1500 product perhour throughput.In order to eliminate total line pressure,the system was designed using24 volt roller and Micro-V belt rollertechnology, offering the customer alow maintenance and energy savingsolution, as the 24 volt rollers operateonly when a tote/box is in its zone.The system was built within fiveworking weeks from order placement atConveyor Units’ large conveyor manufacturingunit in Stourport-on-Severn,Worcestershire, which employs in excessof one hundred people. I-S Solutionscompleted the mechanical install, interfacingwith the existing system and allelectrical control work within sixworking weeks from conveyor delivery.Paul Clarke, Operations Director atDental Directory commented, “Fromthe out-set at enquiry stage, I-SSolutions have proved to be a very professionalcompany. We quickly formedan excellent working relationship, withI-S Solutions offering us many differentoptions, all of which would enable ourrequirements and objectives to be met.At all times we were kept constantlyup to date with all project developments.The main body of conveyors, (inexcess of 300 metres), were installed inapproximately twenty working days.Within a further ten days, these conveyorswere operational in terms of fullproduct testing and commissioning,which made the eventual integrationinto the existing system over oneweekend, go extremely smoothly andwithout problems. We are alsoabsolutely delighted with the highquality of the conveyor equipmentchosen and used on the project. Everysection arrived fully built and testedand from a maintenance point of view,is extremely user friendly as the quantityof spare parts we need to carry forthis system is very low in comparisonto other conventional conveyor types.We were absolutelydelighted to receivea system of suchhigh quality that isactually manufacturedtotally in theU.K.”STAND: 20D80Conveyor Unitswww.conveyor-units.co.ukGOPLASTICBOXES.COMDRIVES DOWN THE COST OF EURO BOXESManufacturers and suppliers in theautomotive industry can achieve significantcost savings when purchasing theEuro container range fromGoplasticboxes.com.Russell Smith, Business DevelopmentManager for Goplasticboxes.com, commented:“Close links with our manufacturingpartners in Belgium and a greater understandingof the automotive supply chainhave enabled us to price our Euro box rangevery competitively. In some cases our Euroboxes retail up to 50% cheaper than thosefrom more traditional UK suppliers.”Goplasticboxes.com introduced its rangeof strong, durable and robust Euro containersin March. The comprehensive Euro rangenow consists of 35 different styles, availablein both solid and perforated versions.All containers in the Euro range are stackable,offeringstability intransit. TheGroup of boxesfrom the Eurorange.consistent internal dimensions of the boxesmake it easier to fit vacuum formed trays,foam inserts or welded dividers that protectvaluable components during transportationfrom manufacturing cell to lineside. Toenhance identification, Goplasticboxes.com’sEuro containers can be manufactured in avariety of colour options and printed with acompany logo or message. Ticket clips andlabel holders are also available.The Euro range of containers can betransported using the GoBox Pallet & Lidsystem which secures containers and isavailable in both 1,200 (L) x 1,000 (W) mmand 1,200 (L) x 800 (W) mm footprints.Goplasticboxes.com is a division of AllPallets Ltd and together withGoplasticpallets.com, the company offersthe most comprehensive range of plasticcontainers, pallets, trays and crates fromstock in the UK.GoBox Pallet& Lid system.PURE YELLOW PALLET UNVEILED ATIMHXIf you are attending this year’s IMHXexhibition at the NEC in Birmingham,November 16-19, make sure you visitGoplasticpallets.com’s stand 19K127 wherethe company will be unveiling its pureyellow hygienic plastic pallet to illustratethe high quality colour matches it achievesworking with Belgian manufacturer, IPS.Jim Hardisty, Managing Director ofGoplasticpallets.com, said: “Pure yellow isa colour that many pallet manufacturersstruggle to achieve, and sadly brown/greytints have become an industry standard.Since we introduced the first hygienicpallet to our range, we have been workingclosely with IPS to develop the design andcolour options. The pure yellow hygienicpallet is the latest addition to our range.”The IPS hygienic pallet is manufacturedusing the finest quality food gradevirgin HDPE (high-density polyethylene)and has totally smooth, sealed surfaces.It can therefore be easily cleaned, manuallyor with an automated system.The pallet is available from stock intwo styles – a 1200mm (L) x 800mm (W)Non Perimeter version and a 1200mm (L)x 1000mm Full Perimeter version - and sevensingle colour options including blue, green,red, white, grey, beige and black. Businessescan now also order the pallet in pureyellow, and for orders in excess of 500 units,they can have their pallets coloured in anycolour of their choice or choose from one ofGoplasticpallets.com’s 84 two-colour options.Two-colour hygienic pallet.The IPS hygienic pallet is particularlypopular with the food service industry.Goplasticpallets.com has received ordersfor the IPS Hygienic pallet from a number ofmajor food manufacturers, including NestléUK, which recently ordered a total of 2,350hygienic pallets for handling raw materialsin pre-production areas. Chocolate giantCadbury has also ordered 300 hygienic palletsfor its manufacturing plant in Kenya,and Goplasticpallets.com has taken furtherorders from Kellogg’s and Vion Food.Jim, added: “You only have to look atrecent incidents with wooden pallets in thefood and pharmaceutical industries torecognise the importance of maintaining agood level of hygiene when handling andstoring goods. For example, in May, theNational Consumers League in the UnitedSTAND: 19K127States put in question the safety of woodenpallets for transporting food following anexamination in which wooden palletstested positive for food-borne pathogens,including E. coli and Listeria. Similar incidentshave also recently occurred in thepharmaceutical industry where a numberof major medicine manufacturers havebeen forced to recall products because ofcontamination caused by a chemical usedto treat wooden pallets.”Hygienic pallets won’t be the onlyproduct on display onGoplasticpallets.com’s stand. Productsfrom IPS will feature strongly, but also onshow will be a selection of versatile poolpallets, pallets suitable for export and avariety of different containers from theGoBox range.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION VISIT WWW.GOPLASTICBOXES.COM OR CALL 01323 744057