FEATURE
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
control , or by an interface with the warehouse management system . An access aisle is created at the push of a button .
Safety measures include photoelectric beams down the length of each base and across the front of each mobile bank , with additional emergency stops . To move one or multiple bases takes approximately one minute and 20 seconds . Mobiles are designed to give lighting signals so that the lights come on only in open aisles . This results in energy savings , as each light
produces heat that must be removed by the refrigeration system .
The first installation The first phase of the Grabouw facility stores 2 504 pallets on a floor footprint of 40.3m × 33.8m , or 1.84 pallets per square metre . The possibility of pallets breaking was removed by using a pallet support or saddle beams in the middle of each pallet slot . These were painted yellow to assist with pallet placement , especially A mobile base .
Mobile racking two pallets high in a South African fruit store for better pallet access .
Pallet support beams are important , as most South African fruit pallets are disposable .
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