Challenged to install an order picking
system at the heart of Spirax Sarco’s
production facility in a space just 10m
wide and 140m long, BITO Storage
Solutions provided a solution that has
delivered a 20% improvement in
picking efficiency as well as
accommodating company growth.

The entire storage installation,
which is split into four pick zones,
comprises two 170m long aisles of
BITO’s standard, galvanised Pro
Racking, six levels high. One of these
aisles is a narrow aisle store, served
by two wire-guided VNA trucks.

This is the location for Euro pallets
with collars or BITO’s 800 x 600 XL
plastic containers holding bulkier
items or large numbers of faster
moving small parts. The pallets are
stored with their short side at the
pick face to allow three pallets to be
located between the uprights.