Britvic’s Rugby warehouse increases storage density

The installation, which includes three areas on site, has significantly increased the number of pallet spaces for the storage of raw material used in the manufacture of soft drinks cans.

Use of the available space has been completely redesigned in the warehouse following in-depth analysis of the site and ongoing consultation with Britvic. Utilising existing resource in all its guises was key and, while increasing capacity, a floor plan was also required that would accommodate Britvic’s double pallet handling counterbalance trucks.

For one new area of the warehouse, a multi depth racking system and four shuttle units were deployed, optimising the available storage space.

A second palletised area of the warehouse was designed in place of an existing carousel system, creating an additional 206 pallet spaces with static pallet racking; while a final area was enhanced by unlocking space vertically. Here, block stacked pallets were replaced with conventional racking to deliver an additional 2,186 pallet spaces – resulting in capacity for a total of 3,376 pallets across all three projects.

Installation at the Rugby site, which was completed at the beginning of April, was phased over two months, while the warehouse remained operational. Raw material stored in the warehouse was relocated in batches in order to clear space for the racking solution, which could then be filled before moving onto the next area. Jungheinrich created a programme of build that would work alongside the Britvic warehouse operation and team, completing the installation one week ahead of schedule.