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News Release from: Thorworld Industries | Subject: Dock leveller
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 January 2007
Easier raw material unloading at a
warehouse
Rubber compounders Eastland Compounding has selected a Thorworld electro hydraulic dock leveller to ease the unloading of incoming raw materials at its new 1,500 sqm warehouse in Clayton, Manchester
Rubber compounders Eastland Compounding has selected a Thorworld electro hydraulic dock leveller to ease the unloading of incoming raw materials at its new 1,500 sqm warehouse in Clayton, Manchester The 6,000 kg capacity leveller, 2,170 mm long by 2,100 mm wide, has a low-pressure hydraulic system for ease of operation and maintenance
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 18 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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For added security retractable slide plates, which act as toe guards, are fitted as standard and lip keepers prevent unauthorised entry when the leveller is not in use.
Thorworld also supplied a waterproofed control panel so that the leveller can be operated externally.
Designed to operate in temperatures from -30C to 50C, Thorworld levellers complement its extensive loading bay equipment range.
They come in a wide range of sizes and are also available with a 4,000 kg maximum capacity.
They are made with a self-supporting sub frame and fitted into pre-prepared pits.
Optional features include a continuously operating draft excluder system, a 500mm long lip (tapered on request), platform insulation and pit edge angles.
Eastland Compounding managing director, Keith O'Brien, says the dock leveller is perfect for use with the different sized vehicles that use the warehouse.
It ensures safe and efficient working, so that warehouse personnel and goods cannot fall between vehicles and the loading dock.
Thorworld provides a one-stop, single source for a wide range of high quality loading and unloading equipment and loading bay accessories and safety aids, such as: dock shelters and seals, dock levellers, dock plates and boards, dock and vehicle bumpers, wheel chocks and modular loading docks, together with the provision of mobile yardramps through their specialist RentARamp operation, as well as the Truckloada mobile yardlift, the Dockloada scissor lift platform, and a new low cost Economy mobile ramp.
Having celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2006, the company is firmly established as a leading supplier to the loading bay and materials handling sectors, with numerous prestigious customers throughout the UK and mainland Europe in distribution, logistics, transport, retailing, food, drink, manufacturing, recycling and the service industries.
Examples of the company products can be seen at IMHX 2007 (Stand 20C11), 13-16 March, NEC, Birmingham and Materials Handling Live! 2007 (Stand M300), 22-23 May, Stoneleigh Park Exhibition Centre, near Coventry.
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