Food retailer buys big
AR Racking, an integral supplier of industrial storage equipment, installed a new distribution centre in England for a major UK food retailer. This warehouse is one of the largest distribution centres in the United Kingdom.
Installed in the Milton Keynes area, it is 34,500 m2 and 11.5m high. The warehouse can store over 63,000 pallets.
The solution installed by AR Racking combines three storage systems that contribute to space maximisation, high storage density and efficiency of operations. It was designed based on highly demanding requirements by the customer. The new distribution centre includes Adjustable Pallet Racking, a Push Back loading system, and Live Storage, spanning the whole range of storage needs. It also has a chilled product area and a large safety cell.
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The APR system is highly versatile as it accommodates different unit loads and all kinds of forklift trucks. Agile and immediate access to stored goods is provided.
The Push Back rack is ideal for medium stock rotation, since more than one pallet deep per level can be stored, loading and unloading being very quickly fulfilled from one aisle (LIFO).
Live Storage meets the needs of unit loads of the same type, and also good handling of stock rotation. With this compact structure, the load slides on slightly inclined rollers.
As a differentiator, the beams for the whole installation were customised with the corporate colour of the customer. Additionally, the installed systems were adjusted to meet stringent fire safety requirements.
Nigel Rudd, AR Racking's Key Account Manager for the UK, highlights the size of the installation, strict compliance with deadlines and specifications as the most relevant aspects of the job: "The whole team at AR Racking has shown excellent responsiveness for an installation that proved to be complex due to volume and high safety requirements.”
APR solution
International transportation company Marcotran selected AR Racking, specialising in heavy-load storage, to install one of its warehouses in Zaragoza.
AR Racking's solution is an adjustable pallet racking (APR) system, ideal for storing different unit loads —as it accommodates all types of loads and forklift trucks— and highly versatile, allowing easy assembly and disassembly.
The Marcotran's warehouse installed by AR includes frame heights of 9000 mm, beam lengths of 3600 mm and 1100 mm depths. It has 5 beam levels, extensible to one additional level. Each level supports up to 3200 kg loads. Total capacity is 4223 Euro-pallets of 1200 mm height and up to 800 kg maximum weight per unit.
Marcotran's growth and increased number of contracts have fostered the company's extension of its facilities. New warehouses will allow for big volumes of all kinds of goods —automotive, e-commerce, private label products — targeted to major assembly chains as well as warehouses throughout Europe. Their new warehouses make it possible to diversify storage, improving management and the correct loading, unloading and transport of goods.
In order to carry out the extension of its facilities, Marcotran trusted AR Racking's experience. AR contributes a specialised perspective in industrial storage solutions as well as work processes based on stringent criteria and designed for large and complex installations. To do this, the AR team worked in tight collaboration with Marcotran's technical staff, which allowed the installation to be tailored to their needs.
