An automatic loading dock has been
installed by Joloda for ICI Akzonobel
in Stowmarket. It loads trailers for a
500m shuttle to the warehouse. Eight
trailers were also supplied with
Trailerskate track for the 10 shuttle
journeys made per day.

The Trailerskate system uses dockdriven
elevated skates 15m long that
pick up a pre-assembled load and in
3min load into a tracked trailer a
load of up to 30t and up to 26 pallets.

When the pallets are on the dock, the
skates are elevated by an airbag
system within them and are then
driven into the trailer by means of a
chain drive. Once the load is in the
trailer, air is extracted from the
skates and the load placed onto the
trailer deck. Skates are then
withdrawn onto the dock.