productSlalom sweeper
Warehouses are hectic places with the emphasis on efficiency. Nothing is allowed to stop product picking or put away. This leaves little time for housekeeping. Euromec’s Slalom sweeper thrives in this environment.
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productClean air solution
Cullen Packaging has installed a Zehnder Clean Air Solutions system to assist them in providing a comfortable working environment for their staff.
productHigh performance
Tennant has released the S30 mid-size ride-on sweeper, rounding out its complete line of sub-compact to industrial size ride-on sweepers.
productLEDs bring energy efficiency
Integrated logistics service provider Partner Logistics has reported a 16% decrease in energy usage at its cold store warehouse in Gloucester six months after the installation of energy-efficient LED lighting at the facility.
article£6.5m steel store to support the automotive industry
An innovative air handling dehumidification system helps protect steel at a major new storage facility opened by AV Dawson in the North East.
productIntegrated surveillance
Provider of advanced surveillance technologies, Digital Barriers, has secured a contract with one of Europe’s largest railway operators to supply its Integrated Surveillance Platform (ISP) for the protection of train and freight depots.
productBlue Book App
As industry becomes increasingly mobile-based, BSRIA has launched of an App version of its popular Blue Book. The App is free to download from the App-store and is available in both iOS and Android formats.
productResin flooring: a long term relationship
In warehouses, storage and distribution centres it is vital that the correct flooring is chosen for maximum safety and efficiency around the workplace.
productBinPal offers waste segregation
One of the biggest barriers to effective recycling is segregation at source. BinPal offers a simple, low cost yet highly effective system for you to separate materials for recycling whenever and wherever they are generated.
articleUKWA to hold sprinkler debate at the Health & Safety Event
The association will be taking part in the Safer Logistics Seminars at the Health & Safety Event, which is being held at the NEC, Birmingham on 24-26 March.
productPoor Industrial Lighting costing UK £1.4bn a year
An estimated 75 per cent of UK industrial lighting installations don’t meet current industry design standards and could be costing the UK as much as £1.4bn a year, according to research from Eriks UK.
productLow loading attachment handles scrap
Contact Attachments has partnered with a leading manufacturer of thermal spray equipment and consumables to provide it with a manual handling solution to load and unload.
productWave hello to ergonomic benefits
Products on display at the Crown stand at Health & Safety Scotland include the WP 3080 high lift pallet truck with its fork-over design which can raise loads to 750mm providing postural relief for operators who manually transfer goods from pallet to shelf.
articleLook to the sky
Over the years, how many commercial warehouses have been illuminated with 400w HID low bays or similar. At least 80% of the warehouses I have visited over the past few months have this type of luminaries and light source, says independent lighting specialist Dave Tilley.
articleGood lighting for packing and despatch
More than 5,200 Trilux E-Line LED and T5N luminaires have been installed at the huge Playmobil warehouse in Germany.
productVolatile environments
It is now a statutory requirement in many industries handling volatile materials in pressurised silos or vessels to take protective measures against potential industrial explosions.
articleSaving 80% of energy costs
Document management company Synertec has reduced its lighting energy consumption by 80%with an LED solution from MHA Lighting.
productMotion-controlled
Frozen fruit and vegetable specialist Ardo UK is benefiting from energy saving LED lighting installed at its new £4m cold store, which opened in late 2014. After completing a £6.7m cold store and packing hall for Ardo in 2009 over a 44-week period, high-care construction specialist Chalcroft was called upon in late 2013 to partner the Kent-based business on the design and build of a new extension to the facility.
productInnovative reflector technology
Reported to be the the highest-efficiency LED lighting fixtures on the market, Dialight’s Vigilant H2 Series LED High Bay delivers 140 lumens per Watt, and offers approximately 25,000 lumen output. The H2 Series features Dialight’s in-house designed power supply, in a sleek, durable and lightweight package.
productBeam smoke detectors
Illumino Ignis has selected FFE’s Fireray 5000 infra-red beam smoke detectors to protect its Peterborough warehouse. The company, a leading supplier of fire, safety and disability products, selected Fireray beam detectors over more conventional fixed-point detectors.
