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Mid 2023, Khold in Bayhead, Durban, embarked on adding additional pallet positions within their facility, without the hassle of moving or renting additional premises. They decided to convert two of their existing freezers which were equipped with static racking into mobile racking as cost effectively as possible. Barpro Storage assisted Khold by securing a secondhand racking system complete with mobile bases from a cold store in Cape Town...
Certificates of Compliance for racking structures are a common request from warehouse managers in South Africa. The differences between Barpro rack inspections and Certificates of Compliance need explanation. Certificates of Compliance are issued by a racking company/structural engineer and certify that a particular racking installation has been designed to support a specified height, weight and size of pallet. It is an engineering certificate. Unless the pallet specification and/or load...
Barpro recently had a call out from one of our clients stating their mobiles were not moving. When our technician arrived on site, he discovered that there was a build-up of dirt on the rails causing the base wheels to lose traction, thereby the base would not move over the rails. This problem would not have happened if the rails were cleaned regularly. Another client kept burning out...