CONVEYOR EXTENDS TO TOP FLOOR
January 1st 2005 European Conveyor Systems has completed phase two of a large scale materials handling system at the 25 000m2 warehouse of Cromwell Industrial Supplies, bringing into operation a second mezzanine and improving health and safety standards.
In 2002 Cromwell amalgamated its storage and distribution operations in a new DC at Leicester with a £600 000 materials handling system designed and installed by ECS. The installation, which incorporates a 570m main conveyor, serves the ground and first floors, but was designed so it could be extended to the second floor.
Nominal capacity was 1000 totes an hour.
As with phase one, the extension for the second floor is based on the Gebhardt series 300, with a high proportion of the equipment being zero line pressure accumulation conveyors to maximise the number of bins that it can handle without crushing.
The top floor has three picking zones, each with a picking station. An automatic lowerator takes bins to the lower floors. Height checks and weight-check stations formed part of the second contract. More articles from European Conveyor Systems Ltd: | 
