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Delcave: Rollerforks are fast,simple and reliable!

Delcave has purchased Rollerforks for unloading their containers

fast and easily because of an increasing stream of goods that are

being transported in containers. A good choice because it saves the

logistic service industrial in wine and spirits a lot of time and also

unhealthy handwork is avoided.

It is simple and perfect, think about it! Koos Janssen, manager at

Delcave from Doesburg enjoys the sight of Rollerforks at work.

A recently arrived transportship is almost completely unloaded.

The lift truck driver places the forks with rollers (RollerForks) under

a load of Jacobs Creek Chardonnay from Australia. As if helped by an

invisible hand, the whole stack slides easily on the forks.

The driver lifts it up, drives backwards, makes a turn and places the

load on a pallet. Thereare no pallets in the container because this

would create an unnecessary loss of volume. For optimal use of space

a load is placed on ultra-flat slip-sheets. By doing this we create an

extra volume of 8 % in every container, says Janssen. To use the

correct metaphorical term: more drink for your dollar!

More seacontainers

As a distribution organisation for Pernod Ricard Holland, Delcave Services from Doesburg

has taken care of the logistic services since a year. This production- and trade organisation

imports exclusively for the Dutch market. Pernod imports various famous spirits like

Sandeman Sherry from Spain and the sparkling Canei from Italy. Goods do not only come

from Europe. Lots of strong liquids come from overseas. Whiskies from Scotland, Ireland

and the US, wines from Australia and rum from Central-America. About 10 percent of the

goods arrive in carefully loaded containers at the storage doors in Doesburg.

Koos Janssen: Compared to pallets, slip-sheets create a lot of extra volume

in a container.

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These containers have to be emptied fast, continues Koos Janssen while the last stack

is rolling inside the storage room. If it takes longer than prescribed one even has to pay a

surcharge. Already at the first shipment Janssen and his six employees experienced that

manual unloading was not a pleasant option. It is a tough job, ergonomically irresponsible

and it just takes too much time. Only two men fit in a container, these two men needed at

least 4 hours to unload whilst the permitted time is 2 hours.

It is faster, more reliable and cheaper.

With the device it can be done faster and easier Janssen started looking for a solution.

The use of a push-pull system came up as a possibility, but it was soon forgotten when he

ran into the Rollerforks at the Logistica fair in 2003. That system works 25 % faster and is

more reliable than a push-pull unit, says Janssen. If you have got a bad slip-sheet without

a lip you cannot do anything about it. Moreover investing in Rollerforks is 50 % cheaper.

This is also an important issue. After being accustomed to the Rollerforks in the beginning,

they have been used successfully for almost a year now. The forks have been mounted on

an electric four-wheeler made by Jungheinrich. It can drive inside containers without any

problems because of its height.

Of course it is possible to change the Rollerforks quickly,but these stay on the truck con-

stantly. The maximal lift height of the energetic four-wheeler is not sufficient for all girder-

heights at Delcave. Koos Janssen: If we want we can use the truck for standard pallet

transportas well. They easily fit in euros and blockpallets. It is of great importance that

high-quality slip-sheets are used when Rollerforks are used. The forks easily fit under any-

thing, but because of the total weight cardboard with bottles could be damaged duringtransport. Koos Janssen: Artificial slip-sheets are perfect; we prefer thicker cardboard

when using cardboard. Working with Rollerforks is in both cases childs play.

Award-winning concept

Rollerforks are developed by MSE from St. Jacobiparochie. The new product was intro-

duced at the Logistica fair in 2003. It immediately received the Logistica Award. A few

months later it also won the Innovation Award from the Metal Union. The principle of the

Rollerforks is as simple as ingenious. Rollerforks are in fact standard lift truck forks with

two layers of rollers. When the undermost rollers touch the floor they cause the upper-

most rollers to rotate in the opposite direction. In this way a load is easily placed on the

forks. Unloading works exactly the same, only in the opposite loading order.

MSE-Forks

Oudebildtdijk 894

9079 NG St. Jacobiparochie

The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 (0) 518 492929

Fax: +31 (0) 518 492915

E-mail: info@mse-forks.com

Website: www.mse-forks.com

Loading and unloading with RollerForks is fast and simple.

After unloading, boxes are immediately placed on pallets.Picking up a load is a piece of cake thanks to the ingenious Rollerfork system.

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