B.R.S. Show of Warehouse Handling
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DOTTER Y manufacturers and representatives of I other local trading interests saw a series of demonstrations of mechanical handling at the new British Road Services shipping warehouse, Tunstall, after the official opening, which was briefly reported in The Commercial Motor last week.
The building, which is256 ft. long and 144 ft. wide, has a central roadway from front to rear. On each side are three-tier channel-steel storage racks to take Crates, casks or cartons, arranged four deep. Each space. is numbered and every aisle has an identification letter, so that the exact permanent location is comprehended in a "bin " code and number.
At Tunstall the collecting vehicles, bringing export consignments from the senders, drive into the warehouse and are unloaded under cover. A twin monorail runs above the roadway. Hoist blocks then lift the crates so that they are removed more easily by the Ameise Retrak reach trucks which convey them to the racks. The reach trucks are each capable of lifting 2,240 lb. to -a height of 15 ft. or 3.300 lb. to 13 ft. •
Movable wooden cross-members on the racks provide additional support, thus different sizes of container and variations in packing can be accommodated. Pallets or bins can be stored as easily as crates. By means of a colour code the truck drivers are given a ready indication of the appropriate places for different types of package.