Feature Lift trucks Reach trucks keep the sway at bay
The Bristol Port Company has acquired a fleet of three Jungheinrich ETV 320 reach trucks featuring the patented mast dampening system to serve an 8,500m2 storage unit for leading wines and spirits importer Matthew Clark
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he Port of Bristol is Britain’s most centrally located deep sea port. With around 42 million people living within a 250km radius of the facility and the Midlands and London within easy reach, it is recog- nised as one of the most economical port distribution locations in the UK. Plenty of major retailers and suppli- ers to the retail sector have chosen to establish national distribution centres near to the port and one of the latest is leading wines and spirits importer Matthew Clark which recently moved into an 8,500m2 storage unit within the Royal Portbury Dock.
The facility is operated on Matthew
Clark’s behalf by the Bristol Port Company and offers over 10,000 pallet locations. While there is some block stacking at the site, the majority of the pallets are stored within pallet racking served by a fleet of three Jungheinrich reach trucks. The reach trucks – Jungheinrich ETV 320 models with a two-tonne capacity – were purchased outright by the Bristol Port Company. A significant influence on the Bristol Port Company’s decision to specify models from the Jungheinrich range was that they feature Jungheinrich’s patented mast dampening system.
When working at height, truck masts sway and, for obvious safety reasons, truck operators have to wait for the swaying to stop before attempting to deliver the pallet into the racking. Jungheinrich’s mast damping system minimises elevated fork (laden or unladen) swaying time.
The pallet racking within Matthew
Clark’s facility has been designed to maximise space available within the apex of the roof and, at its highest point, offers six beam levels. This means the trucks lift to heights of over 11 metres and it was calculated the Jungheinrich damping system saved 14 seconds per lift when compared to alternative makes of reach truck. The Bristol Port Company’s Paul Osborne, who manages the Matthew Clark site, was also impressed by the trucks’ state of the art AC technology which, importantly, ensures that run- ning costs are kept to a minimum. The trucks’ regenerative braking and regenerative mast lowering features reduce energy usage – and therefore truck running costs – significantly by reclaiming excess energy and using it to charge the battery every time opera- tors brake or lower the forks. Around 25 per cent of the energy needed
The Bristol Port Company bought three Jungheinrich ETV 320 reach trucks, supplied in the port’s coporate colour red, for use in a wine and spirits storage unit
B Chain has supplied leading materials handling equipment specialist Jungheinrich’s Italian division with over 400 chain wear gauges. This is the biggest single order Letchworth-based FB Chain has ever received for the products which are used by forklift truck engineers to measure a lift truck’s chain for signs of wear.
Unlike many other makes of chain wear gauge, the FB gauge allows chain elongation to be measured to within one quarter of one per cent. Chain elongation is the most common cause of chain failure and the ability to monitor it accurately allows an engineer to assess if a chain is likely to need to be replaced before the next review of the truck is due.
Jungheinrich Italiana will equip each of its field service engineers with the FB chain wear gauge. Jungheinrich Italiana’s Marco Venerdi says: “We place a great deal of importance on safety and the chain wear gauges will help our field-based service engineers ensure that our clients’ trucks are in perfect operating condition.” Peter Church, FB Chain’s MD, says: “Most chain wear gauges do not offer the accuracy that our gauges offer – they simply show if chain is worn to the point that it needs replacing or not whereas the FB chain wear gauge enables an engineer to judge if a chain is likely to become dangerously worn before the next service, leading to the equipment being operated hazardously. Checking a lift truck’s chain for wear is essential because excessively worn chains can be lethal. There is no better precision tool on the market for monitoring chain wear than our professional chain wear gauge. The chain wear gauge is made from strong plastic and is supplied with a protective case. T: 01462 670844
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during a typical shift is said to be reclaimed in this way – meaning every fourth lift is energy free.
Some 4,000 line items are stored at Matthew Clark’s Bristol facility. Incoming lorries are unloaded using a combination of pallet trucks and coun- terbalance machines and pallets are checked and allocated a position within the racking by Matthew Clarke’s warehouse management system before being put away by the reach trucks. Because of the expensive and fragile nature of the loads and the heights to which they are lifted, each of the reach trucks is fitted with a fork-mounted camera system, height selectors and centralised side sift to ensure that pallet put-away and retrieval is as fast, efficient and safe as possible. “We undertook numerous visits to reference sites before concluding our client’s needs were best met by the Jungheinrich trucks,” says Osborne. “We also involved our drivers in the decision and they were impressed by the trucks handling and the comfort- able working environment.” The trucks were supplied with a red paint finish to meet The Bristol Port Company’s corporate requirements.
Jungheinrich T: 01908 363100
www.jungheinrich.co.uk
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