The new custom-built €7m Clonakilty Food Company factory officially opened in the West Cork town, the culmination of more than a year’s construction work and the realisation of a dream for the Twomey family. Eighteen years ago, production of the world-famous black pudding and the company’s other products switched to a facility in Little Island outside Cork City. This state-of-the-art factory now serves the popular brands exports to the UK, UAE, and the US.
Storage Systems Limited has completed a large Dexion Drive-In Pallet Racking installation for Clonakilty Food Company. This installation comprises of 2 blocks of Dexion Drive In Pallet Racking for the storage of 340 pallets located in 2 cold rooms within the factory.
Block 1 is 18m wide x 4.5m high x 6.3m deep and consists of 12 lanes 1370mm wide. Each lane is designed to store 6 pallets in the depth and 3 pallets in the height. Block 2 is 8m wide x 4.5m high x 8.5m deep and consists of 5 lanes 1370mm wide. Each lane is designed to store 8 pallets in the depth and 3 pallets in the height. All lanes are equipped with full-length racking guard rails, crash barriers, and floor pallet back stops to protect the racking structure from collision damage.
Benefits of Dexion Drive In Racking
- High-density storage – maximising cubic space
- More pallets stored per cubic metre than any other storage system
- Ideal for cold and chill storage applications
- Accessible by the First-in last out principle
- Used for bulky goods of the same type
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