FEATURE |
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN |
on higher levels , and to |
0 ° C . Frost heave — |
Grabouw installation , the advantages of |
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increase rack strength . |
caused by moisture |
using mobiles in fruit stores have become |
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Another challenge |
freezing under the floor |
apparent . More expensive than ‘ fixed |
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arose when packed fruit |
— is not good for mobiles , |
selective ’ or ‘ drive in ’, mobiles can |
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stores remained in use |
and recent installations |
increase the practical capacity of a |
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for extended periods . |
have underfloor insulation |
store by up to 75 % or 80 % while still giving |
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Improved ventilation |
and heater mats to make |
immediate access to every pallet . If |
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in the mobiles allowed |
sure this doesn ’ t happen . |
the total cost of a proposed fruit store is |
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packed fruit to be chilled |
divided by the practical pallet capacity , |
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Mobile rails with reinforcing before the concrete is poured . |
and store temperatures were reduced to around |
Mobile racking today Sixteen years after the |
the mobile option can be surprisingly competitive . |
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Recently , mobiles have been installed |
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in smaller stores , two and three pallets in |
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the height with capacities of less than 450 |
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pallets . Moving aisles have been widened |
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to allow for the use of counterbalanced |
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trucks and pallet bays extended , allowing |
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the placement of three pallets on the |
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longer 1 200mm side . Maximum pallet |
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weights have increased to in excess of |
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1 300kg and storing five pallets in the |
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height is now possible . |
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Pallet heights have increased with the |
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standard now set at 2 450mm for a high |
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cube pallet , making the top beam height |
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for four pallets 8 479mm . |
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Smaller South African fruit store with three pallet levels on mobile racks . |