Adding new, refurbishing old
July 1st 2008

When steel chimney producer, Schiedel Rite Vent in Washington, Tyne and Wear, was planning a new finished goods and raw materials warehouse, it specified double deep racking served by a new Atlet lift truck to maximise storage capacity.

The warehouse complements existing facilities, which use a combination of double deep and conventional racking, and Schiedel Rite Vent estimates that it can store around 50% more items in the same space.

In addition to supplying a new double-deep reach stacker for the warehouse, Atlet refurbished a number of Schiedel Rite Vent's existing trucks.

Atlet proposed one of its XTF extending forks reach trucks, the latest version of a truck already operating in the older warehouse.

The XTF extending fork reach truck is the most compact reach truck manufactured by the company. The forks, rather than the carriage, extend to place and retrieve pallets.

Atlet XTF ride-on and ATF stand-on extending fork reach truck models, which had been supplied on a fixed term lease, were due for replacement and Schiedel Rite Vent decided its most cost effective option was to have these refurbished. Atlet rebuilt each truck from the ground up to 'nearly new' standard using only original parts. The trucks were then resprayed and subjected to rigorous quality assurance and safety checks prior to redelivery.

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