Architect and Builder January/February 2016 | Page 7

NEWSWORTHY

CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR
STEEL AWARDS 2016
The Southern African Institute of
Steel Construction (SAISC) has
called for entries for Steel Awards
2016, which will take place in
Johannesburg, Durban and Cape

APC STORAGE SOLUTION SA’S TURNKEY SOLUTIONS
Aiming to introduce an enhanced management and handling efficiency of their inventory
prior to national distribution, WCF Wholesale Cabinet Fittings contracted APC Storage
Solutions SA to provide an automated, total turnkey solution for the palleted storage of
decorative hardware, fittings, accessories and legs for furniture and kitchen cabinets.
The resulting warehouse – a self-supporting Rack Clad, 1,826m2 facility in Whitfields,
Boksburg – utilises a double-mast stacker crane to achieve a fully-automated storage and
retrieval operation for the 6,696 Euro-pallets of 1,200mm x 800mm that comprise WCF
Wholsesale Cabinet Fittings’ central distribution operation.
The scale of this automation, besides introducing massive improvements to the rate
of pallet handling, has streamlined the facility’s labour requirements to a staff of just five.
Because the storage and retrieval operation is fully-automated via the programmed stacker
crane, the lighting requirements of manual stowing and picking are eliminated, necessitating
only maintenance lighting, drastically reducing energy requirements to further lower the
per-pallet cost of storage. www.apcstoragesolutions.co.za

Town on 15 September 2016.
The deadline for entries is 21 April
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