A twin man-up order-picker
with full 360° turning
capability has been built by
Sidetracker Engineering to
enable Acenta Steel
Distribution to achieve fast,
efficient order processing at
its warehouse near Bolton.

Acenta Steel Distribution
stocks and distributes
engineering steels and has
more than 5000 black and
bright products in stock
across 50 specifications in
round, square, flat, angle and
hexagonal sections. The
material in the Bolton
warehouse is stored in 6mhigh
cantilever racking with
2335mm-wide aisles.

The Sidetracker orderpicker
allows individual
items to be accessed directly
in the racking instead of
whole bundles being taken
out, lowered to the floor and
then replaced in the racking
when the items needed have
been taken out.

The truck has cabs at each
end of a work platform that
can be lifted to 6.3m high by
a two-section mast with a
maximum capacity of 2000kg
at 365mm load centre. One
cab houses the truck controls,
while the other has a VDU
that displays the weight of
products on the vehicle’s
forks. This design enables
operators to lift items from
the racking on to the scales
and check their weight
quickly and easily.

Safety features include cab
doors that are interlocked
with the drive system, which
stops the truck moving if a
door is open. Roller guidance
has been fitted to allow the
truck to operate safely and
efficiently in the racking
aisles.