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Pallet Flow installation system equipped with the new Interroll safety separator La Mothe Achard (Vendée) - France

The third biggest French producer of façade renders, the PRB company (Rendering Products for Buildings) employs 350 people in France. PRB manufactures façade renders, exterior-use paints, powder and paste tile adhesives, as well as exterior thermal insulation systems. In 2010 alone, the organisation manufactured 550,000 tonnes of products.
PRB has recently invested in an entirely automated machine that produces pots of paste adhesive for tiling at its La Mothe Achard (Vendée) site. There is a 4,000m² building entirely dedicated to producing and storing these pots. To meet growing demand, PRB has decided to invest in a storage system that enables the flow of pallets to be managed and sorted by production date. "The FIFO (first in first out) principle is essential," explains Jérôme Hucteau, the manager in charge of production in the southern sector.

Tests conducted at Interroll and PRB
The PRB enterprise then approached several providers of dynamic pallet storage solutions. In order to offer a solution adapted to PRB's products, Interroll at first conducted internal tests at its test centre in La Roche-sur-Yon. Following test validation, a test lane was installed at PRB and trialled over a three-month period, alongside other solutions offered by the competition.
 
Flexibility of use for the forklift truck operator
Interroll provided a state-of-the-art solution, equipped with a brand new pallet separator. This more robust separator also offers greater flexibility for the forklift truck operator when unloading the pallets. Following successful trials, PRB ordered 60 lanes with a 10 pallet deep capacity from Interroll.
 
Interroll supplied KIMER shelving and called in Cegedis, an assembly company from Lyons. The dynamic storage unit holds 600 pallets (12 lanes of 10 pallets on 5 levels). The pots of paste adhesive are stored on 600kg pallets that have been designed specifically for PRB (Euro size 800mm x 1200mm). The pallets are loaded by forklift truck.
 
The dynamic storage system was installed close to production facilities. The film-wrapped ready pallets arrive straight from production, via an elevator. The pallets are then temporarily stored in Interroll's gravity lanes before being dispatched. Four listed products - those with the speediest rotation - pass through the dynamic unit. They remain in storage for 2 to 6 weeks. Thanks to the FIFO principle, the pots of adhesive are thus stored by production date - the first pallet loaded into the lane will be at the front and the first one available for despatch. This facilitates stock management and eliminates the risk of exceeding the expiry date.
 
In busy periods, up to 160 pallets pass into the gravity lanes daily
On the unloading side, the new safety separator ensures that the pallet in front is separated from the accumulated line of pallets in the lane.

"The Interroll team has an extremely customer-focused approach. The team responded diligently to our needs. Interroll has succeeded in surrounding itself with a high-calibre assembly team," Jérôme Hucteau concludes.

Interroll Safety SeparatorBenefits of the new Interroll separator
  • No risk of damaging the separation system - the roller pedal allows the forklift truck to make sideways movements when unloading
  • Flexible: works with pallets of different sizes and weights in the same lane (mix of Euro pallets and half pallets)
  • Safety and functionality guaranteed: no risk of releasing the pedal and putting pressure on the pallet or damaging the separation system
  • The most robust separator on the market: 20 tonnes of accumulated pallets per stop, quality tested for 50,000 operating cycles at the Interroll test centre (La Roche-sur-Yon)

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