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News Release from: Sidetracker Engineering | Subject: Sidetracker multi-direction reach truck
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 August 2007
Truck reaches press tools from
multi-level racking
Rather than extend a press shop building, Mitsubishi Electric has installed multi-level pallet racking and use a multi-direction reach truck to lift the dies on and off the racking as required.
At its factory in Scotland, Mitsubishi Electric originally stored power press tools (dies) two-high on low-level racking in the first factory But as the number of tools increased, the space needed to store them was encroaching on the production area
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 31 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The press tools weigh up to 4 tonnes.
The factories at Livingston, West Lothian, are Mitsubishi's main European manufacturing centre for air conditioning units and include several presses that produce the cases and other sheet metal components.
Rather than extend the building, Mitsubishi decided to install multi-level pallet racking and use a Sidetracker multi-direction reach truck to lift the tools on and off the racking as required.
Although the truck had a lift capacity of 4100kg at 600mm load centre, its compact dimensions and ability to travel in any direction allowed aisle widths and turning areas around the racking to be minimised, further reducing the area required to store the tools.
Mitsubishi had already been using a high-capacity Sidetracker multi-direction reach truck to handle press tools at its first Livingston factory.
Having found this an efficient, space-saving solution at the first factory, Mitsubishi installed the identical system when it opened a second factory nearby.
Both the trucks are battery-powered with twin electro-hydraulic drive units that automatically run singly or together to suit demand and power a 360mm diameter drive wheel with a high-grip polyurethane tyre for inside and outdoor use.
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