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Rosa Catene’s new raw material warehouse utilized OHRA’s rack structure

Photo by OHRA Regalanlagen GmbH

Photo by OHRA Regalanlagen GmbH

Rosa Catene, one of Italy’s leading manufacturers of industrial chains, have built a new raw material warehouse at their Calolziocorte site. In this connection, the rack structure sourced from OHRA is also a bearing element for the roof. This solution does not just bring cost benefits compared to conventional structures; rather, it makes it possible to easily extend the warehouse at any time.

At their Caloziocorte site, Rosa Catene produce chains for agricultural, industrial and commercial applications. The company’s ongoing growth made it necessary to build a new raw material warehouse for palletized strip sheet metal and bun-dled steel rods. OHRA was awarded the contract to build the warehouse: The company headquartered in Kerpen, Germany, specializes in cantilever rack systems and convinced Rosa Catene by presenting a concept in which the stands of the rack supports were at the same time a bearing structure for the building. In the suggested concept, the roof elements of the six rows of racks overlap. This results in a completely covered modular warehouse that can be easily extended in the future. In addition, this structure offers considerable cost benefits and can be constructed much more quickly than a conventional building.

The overall warehouse has floorspace of about 900 square metres and consists of five 30-metre-long rows of double-sided cantilever racks and one single-sided row of racks. OHRA’s rack systems are made of stable, hot-rolled steel profiles that make possible tall overall heights and high load-bearing capacities. In addition, the robust construction reduces the time and costs of repairs and maintenance of conventional rack structures made of sheet metal profiles that result from collision damage or similar issues.

On the first three rows of racks, the bundled bar stock measuring 6,500 millime-tres in length and weighing 4,000 kilogrammes is stored on a double deep basis on nine levels. The rack supports of the racks are suspended and it is possible to align them to the millimetre – this guarantees uniform loading of the stored goods. These aisles are serviced by means of a fourway sideloader that is guided via rails that are attached to the stands.

The rest of the rows of racks are equipped with arm bridges, which provide a con-tinuous storage area on seven levels. Here, the company stores palletized strip sheet metal weighing up to 1,200 kilogrammes. These aisles are serviced by means of a fork lift truck.

The rack system with suspended rack supports makes possible a high degree of flexibility – depending on the requirements, it is possible to change and replace the storage locations of the different materials.

For more information, please visit http://www.ohra.net.