FEATURE LOADING BAYS & DOORS
Quality and innovation go hand in hand H
art delivers high quality solutions across a very wide range of
industries, in the UK and also abroad. Acknowledged as a door solutions expert, a company that can be relied upon to deliver results and understand how specific projects are managed, Hart has a proven track record of British engineering and service excellence at, for example, nearly 40 international airports. Typically the challenge is high-speed operation, as well as protection against smoke and fire and for security. Working with leading international manufacturers of conveyor belt systems, Hart delivers the appropriate shutter solutions.
MORE THAN JUST DOORS Baggage handling requires high-speed automatic shutters to protect and complement handling and conveyor systems from smoke and fire threats in a frequent operations environment. The second area is where Hart has a range of security and fire spread prevention shutters with a one hour rating. The third area is storage/access, from roller shutters to high-speed doors up to six metres wide and eight metres high. This product range covers the vast
majority of requirements, but Hart remains flexible to work with clients to develop systems for one-off installations. To maintain standards, Hart has introduced a system of quality practices, contained in a series of documented procedures that meet the standards specified in BS EN ISO 9001-2008. Whether it is automatic high-speed doors, industrial doors and shutters, fire prevention and protection or security, Hart demonstrates, above all, empathy to customers in the delivery of advanced, innovative door systems that are engineered as solutions for specific
problems. For example, Hart is at the forefront of waste control through its energy-saving range of high-speed, automatic doors. Increasingly there is demand for door systems to help operators in this sector work sympathetically with their neighbours. Hart has a healthy order book for exposed warehouse and distribution facilities, factories and refuse and waste plants that are on the edge of communities where noise and odour can be real issues. The fast open/close cycle of Hart’s Speedor range is therefore an important benefit for operators. Hart is supplying doors to a growing
number of waste projects that are being developed across the country. For this growing sector Hart has developed a range of options including some very large high-speed doors specifically for the waste management sector. Typically these are required in waste-to-energy facilities where there are high-traffic situations, as well as other challenges such as high humidity and corrosive atmospheres as operational bi-products.
www.hartdoors.com T: 0191 214 0404
A good home for Aisle-Master forklifts
Gallery Direct is a UK-based designer, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of home décor, furniture and accessories. The company is using five Aisle-Master articulated forklifts to look after the majority of its handling and storage procedures in its extended warehouse in Kent, and the trucks work round the clock from Monday to Friday to keep pace with the company’s tight schedule. The 130,000sq ft facility houses over 1,600 product lines that range from pallets of vases to king-size beds, all of which need to be offloaded, stored and reloaded for despatch with the ultimate efficiency. Thanks to the trucks’ narrow aisle capability, 8,000 pallet spaces have been accommodated in the extension, making a total of 11,000 in all. Warehouse manager, Richard Swann, points out that this is at least 25 per cent more than would have been possible when using less manoeuvrable forklifts. “We got our first Aisle-Masters a couple of years ago and were impressed with
their reliability and versatile indoor and outdoor capabilities compared with reach trucks, which struggle outside, so it made sense to go with the same brand when we were looking at enlarging the site,” says Swann. “The trucks are really manoeuvrable, the drivers love them, and we have been able to achieve maximum storage density.” The two new Aisle-Masters are heavy-duty 20SWE models with large 930 amp
batteries and two tonne capacity. An 11 metre, three-stage mast was specified as the top beam is two bays higher than in the original storage area, at 10.5 metres. Three charging stations and a spare battery for the smaller Aisle-Master forklifts ensure constant availability for the 24/5 operation. Gallery Direct’s operations manager, Ciaran Aldous, comments: “Growth has
mushroomed in the last year or so and we have furthered our expansion by incorporating Dreamworks Beds and Frank Hudson furniture makers into our portfolio, so it was crucial to find a system that promised forklifts with optimum flexibility and the best possible use of every inch of space.”
Aisle-Master
www.aisle-master.com
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