The first mobile yardramp
built by Thorworld Industries
is still going strong more than
25 years after it was made.

Tivac Alloys’ business
depends on buying titanium
alloy parts from all over the
world, which it melts and
sends to steelworks for
reprocessing. With no
unloading facility on site,
incoming containers were
booked into local storage
depots, where alloys were
unloaded to smaller vehicles
adjust in 150mm increments.

At the customers request,
some existing cantilever
racking was used, following
assessment for suitability.

Pro-Dek also installed lateral
beams in some locations to
allow for pallet storage.

Racking included both
standard and narrow aisles.

In the narrow aisle sections,
floor-fixed guide rails were
fitted to prevent damage.

for delivery to Tivac at a cost
per container of about £500.

The company decided to
invest in a yardramp to enable
it to unload on-site. Thorworld
suggested a second-hand
machine – and realised it had
a logistics veteran for the job.

Ramp No.1 was built in
1986 and used for many
years by Claymore Grass
Machinery, before being
replaced by an upgraded
Thorworld model. Ramp 1
was restored and put on
display at Thorworld head
office, until being called back
into active service for Tivac
in 2009. Now it is in constant
use and Tivac can take on
jobs that used to be restricted
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