Thorworld modular platform caters for fast loading

Reduced manual handling and speedier loading has been achieved by Johnson Hospitality Services with a purpose-designed sloping modular platform from Thorworld Industries.

The two section,  4,000 Kg capacity loading platform has been supplied to the catering equipment supplier’s Glasgow depot, which has an existing 1.4m high loading dock.

Previously, tables, chairs, glassware and other catering supplies had to be brought out of the warehouse by hand and placed on the yard floor so that fork lifts could load the company’s low floor delivery vehicles.

The two-part platform consists of a 5m long by 2.3m wide ramp with an additional  2m long counterbalanced dock leveller that allows fork lift trucks to easily load low floor vehicles ranging from 7.5 to 17.5 tonnes in size.

Its introduction has made the loading operation much more efficient.  A spokesman for Johnson Hospitality said that it was now far quicker, there were less manual handling issues and vehicle space was being better utilised.

Modular loading docks from Thorworld Industries are ruggedly built, highly versatile and can be designed to suit individual locations and requirements.

They are available in heights ranging from 800 to 1,600mm, with a maximum load of eight tons. Their semi-permanent nature allows for quick and simple relocation or change of layout and a wide range of accessories are available.

Thorworld provides a one-stop, single source for a wide range of loading bay equipment and accessories, such as dock shelters & seals, dock levellers, dock plates & boards, dock & vehicle bumpers and modular loading docks, together with the provision of mobile yardramps, for purchase or rental on a sale or return basis, through their specialist RentARamp operation, as well as the Truckloada mobile yardlift and the Dockloada scissor lift platform.

The company is now firmly established as a leading supplier to the loading bay and materials handling sectors, with numerous prestigious customers, throughout the UK and mainland Europe, in distribution, logistics, transport, retailing, food, drink, manufacturing, recycling and the service industries.

For more information about Thorworld’s market-leading loading and unloading equipment, and to obtain a copy of their latest product range catalogue, contact: Thorworld Industries Ltd, Station Lane Industrial Estate, Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9QX.  Tel: 01246 260981.  Fax:  01246 260493.  Email:  info@thorworld.co.uk  Web: www.thorworld.co.uk

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A purpose-designed modular platform from Thorworld Industries achieves reduced manual handling and speedier loading for Johnson Hospitality Services.

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