Craemer plastic pallet prove a winner for Jordans Cereals.Rigorous trials on Craemer CR3-5 plastic pallets Plastic pallets are pallets made of plastic. Plastic pallets are more widely used in Europe than in the rest of the world. Plastic pallets are often chosen over traditional wood pallets because they offer benefits which wood can not. at an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. test centre provided the final overwhelming and comprehensive proof to Jordans Cereals that the pallets were more than capable of providing safe storage and transit of bulk raw material products. When Jordans Cereals moved into new and improved warehouse facilities, it changed to storing its product in a Very Narrow Aisle (VNA VNA abbr. Visiting Nurse Association ) 14m high bay racking system, so it had to be sure any pallets would be suitable and fit for purpose. Renowned for producing nutritional and natural health foods, Jordans Cereals stored and handled raw bulk material products such as sugar and wheatgerm wheatgerm n → germen m de trigo wheatgerm n → germe m de blé wheatgerm wheat n → Weizenkeim in FIBCs (Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers A Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container, FIBC , big bag, bulk bag, or super sack is a standardized container in large dimensions for storing and transporting and storing for example sand, fertilizers , granules of plastics or other dry products. ), while storing oats oats, cereal plants of the genus Avena of the family Gramineae (grass family). Most species are annuals of moist temperate regions. The early history of oats is obscure, but domestication is considered to be recent compared to that of the other , raisins, nuts, etc. in the original packaging of 25kg bags and 12.5 kg boxes. This change to storing product in a high bay racking system immediately presented Jordans with a different handling requirement and a dilemma, as their existing pool of plastic pallets had deteriorated due to "wear and tear" over several years, suffering obvious impact damage caused by fork lift truck handling. Therefore, the existing pallets could not be safely used to transport bulk bags of raw material products and also store them in the high bay pallet racks. As a result, a number of manufacturers and suppliers were invited to tender for the supply of new plastic pallets that would have to meet certain criteria, with particular emphasis on the safety of handling Jordans 1100kg FIBCs Craemer Sales Manager--Steve Penney, confidently proposed the use of three plastic pallets the CR3-5 with metal re-inforcement, CR3-5 and CR-1, all of which had to be submitted to deflection deflection /de·flec·tion/ (de-flek´shun) deviation or movement from a straight line or given course, such as from the baseline in electrocardiography. de·flec·tion n. 1. tests and many trials in order to convince Jordans that the products would meet their stringent safety concerns. The competitive and very versatile CR1 plastic pallet does not incorporate re-inforcement profiles, but is very durable and capable of transporting heavy loads and storage in racking systems up to 1,000kg. The CR1 plastic pallet was supplied in a 1200 x 800mm format as some of the ingredients are imported from mainland Europe on wooden pallets and turned onto the plastic pallet before they are allowed into the stores area. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Contact Craemer UK on tel 01952 607800 or visit www.craerner.com |
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