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Three sidetrackers maximise steel storage capacity


KNAPP apprentice wins ‘Outstanding Newcomer' award


he achievements of Amy Coltman, an apprentice engineer for KNAPP, have been recognised in the Leicester College Apprenticeship Awards. Amy – who works as part of the Customer Service team of resident engineers at the site of KNAPP client, British Gas, in Leicester – achieved the Bronze


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‘Outstanding Newcomer' of 2014. Amy, 21, received the


prize at in a special ceremony Leicestershire – in held


Award for recently


to


recognise the achievements of apprentices from Leicester College – the largest apprenticeships training provider


a wide range of


disciplines. Supported by members of her family and also Roy Cheevers, KNAPP UK's Site Engineering Manager at the British Gas NDC, Amy was presented with a certificate and an etched glass trophy. Guests at the event, held at the college, also enjoyed a three- course meal prepared by catering students.


KNAPP Tel: 01844 202149 Web: www.knapp.com


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teel stockholder Abram Pulman and Sons Ltd has taken delivery of two more Sidetracker multi-directional lift trucks as part of a major investment


S to increase storage capacity


and reduce manual handling at its West Yorkshire premises. The company aims to provide a one-stop-shop service for engineering steel products, including plate, tube and bar in a wide variety of sizes, profiles and specifications, and the product range is being continually expanded to meet customers’ requirements.


On average some 600 deliveries


are made every week to businesses within 50 miles of its premises, in addition to customer collections.


Apart from steel plate, which has been stored on cantilever racking and handled by a Sidetracker for the last 15 years, stock was previously stored on the floor and moved by a combination of cranes and manual handling.


With no space to


expand the premises, Abram Pulman has increased the amount of stock by installing narrow-aisle cantilever racking and buying two more Sidetrackers to handle it.


The steel is stored in


stillages with fork pockets, with the trucks designed to match the fork pocket positions. One machine has been built to work in


1700mm stacking aisles with roller guidance and lift 3600kg at 400mm load centre to the full height of five metres, while the other is designed for 2150mm aisles and can lift 3500kg at 625mm


QUALITY PALLET STRETCH WRAPPING SOLUTIONS


load centre to 5.7 metres. Fork designs have been customised to suit the products being handled, one machine having two pairs of forks with a combination of manual and powered spread. Like the company’s original Sidetracker,


new trucks are able to travel in any direction and rotate on their own axes in order to minimise turning


space. Twin electro-hydraulic motors


automatically run singly or together as required via a high-torque hydrostatic transmission system to a single high-grip drive wheel.


Stand-on


operation gives drivers good all-round visibility, aided by CCTV that allows them to clearly see the position of the forks when handling loads at height.


Sidetracker Engineering Ltd Tel: 01246 810655 Web: www.sidetracker.co.uk


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