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Forklift helps boost trailer turnaround times
January 1st 2008

When logistics services provider, Euro Continental, of Northampton wanted to expand its storage business, it turned to Translift Bendi to help it gain the best use of limited storage space and to achieve improved lorry turnaround times.

The solution was based on narrow aisle racking designed around the Bendi forklift. Some models of this pivot steer, or articulating forklift, can work in aisles of just 1.6m wide.

Euro Continental handles about 75 lorries a day, including doubledeck trailers and 7.5t versions, so the operation is dependent on a fast turnaround.

The Bendi is said to be as much at home working outside on rough yards as on smooth warehouse floors. This dual functionality means a Bendi can take a pallet load straight from a lorry and into the narrow aisle storage racking.

James Edstrom, Euro's logistics project manager, estimates that the Bendi saves 30min unloading a 40ft trailer compared with a twotruck, double-handling operation.

The gas-powered BG 40 Bendi can lift 1600kg to 3.5m and works in aisles just over 2m wide to allow handling of outsize pallets. Guided by paper pick lists, drivers bring pallet loads down from levels of up to 6m to replenish order picking faces at ground level.

The truck has side shift and flashing safety beacon. Load vision when interfacing with racking beams, is good and there is no rear end swing to damage racking.

Drivers received on-site training over two days and quickly warmed to the Bendi.

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