Architectural ironmongery
supplier, IronmongeryDirect
recently appointed Conveyor
Systems Ltd to install an automated
handling system.

IronmongeryDirect had been
reviewing the possibilities and
options of introducing an automated
materials handling solution into its
new DC in Basildon and a number of
specialist companies were invited to
tender. The amount of detail and
track record of previous installations
in a similar field led to CSL being
awarded the contract.

Alan Josiah head of service
delivery for IronmongeryDirect
commented: “The addition of a new
compact 6m spiral, as opposed to an
inclined belt conveyor to move
product between floors in our
distribution centre, makes cost
effective sense by increasing the pick
face area and improving speed of
product movement. Orders are
picked from store on the mezzanine
floor and conveyed in tote boxes
down to ground level to be located in
live storage shelving. From here,
orders are consolidated with items
from the large ground floor area and
transported on trolleys for packing
and marshalled for despatch.”