The Foam Pad Dock Seal is the most cost
effective solution for sealing the rear of
the vehicle to the loading bay, ensuring that the ambient temperature
inside the building is maintained irrespective of the conditions
outside of the building.
The seal is
created by the vehicle backing onto the foam pads which compress until
the vehicle meets the dock bumpers. Each side pad has a high
visibility guide strip stitched to the front face to assist the vehicle
in docking centrally to the doorway.
To
prolong
the
life
of
the
seals,
the
front
face
can be lined with an additional
hard-wearing skin or wear pleats.
For
vehicles
of
different
heights
there
is
an
option
to
use
a
foam
pad dock seal with
mobile head which can be manually or electrically operated.
Dock Shelters - 'Rigid' & 'Retractable'
options
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Dock Shelters are
available in both a “Rigid” and “Retractable” version, both of which
are designed to protect the goods and the workforce from the external
elements, reducing the amount of wind and rain that is able to enter
the building helping to reduce any risk of slipping and falls due to
wet floors.
The shelters are
an ideal solution when the fleet of vehicles using the loading bay are
of varying height and width.
The seal is
created by the flexible side and head curtains moulding to the top and
sides of the vehicle as it reverses up to the loading bay to meet the
dock bumpers.
Both rigid and
retractable versions are constructed around galvanised box sections
covered in a PVC type material with high visibility strips on each of
the side curtains to assist the vehicle to dock centrally against the
shelters
Inflatable Dock-Seals are designed
to be housed in a fully insulated shelter with
all round inflatable airbags that inflate around the vehicle to provide
an airtight seal in seconds.
Once the vehicle
is docked safely, the dock shelter fan is switched on to inflate the
side and head seals against the vehicle to provide the optimum level of
insulation between the external environment and the inside of the
building making it a perfect solution for a cold storage facility.
Where the
internal ambient temperature is not such a key priority, a budget
version is available.
Our budget range
retains the inflatable seals for an air tight
seal, but is housed in a shelter that is covered in a PVC material
similar to the rigid/retractable versions.
The “Hinged Lip”Dock Leveller is designed to safely
bridge the gap between the vehicle
bed height and the height of the floor in the building to allow goods
to be transported over the leveller platform and into and out of the
docked vehicle.
The leveller is
designed so that the platform when activated will automatically rise to
its highest position before the hinged lip is extended.
Once fully
extended, the platform and lip will gently lower itself until it comes
to rest on the vehicle deck where it will remain in a “float” mode,moving freely up
and down with the
suspension of the vehicle during
loading and unloading.
The “Telescopic
Lip” Dock Leveller is designed to be extended as well as
retracted with
absolute accuracy between the height of the floor in the building and
the vehicle bed height.
This means that
the vehicles may be loaded or unloaded to or from the very end of the
vehicle bed giving optimal load utilisation.
The
electro-hydraulically operated telescopic levellers come with a
standard lip length of 500mm with an option to increase this to 1000mm.
The standard
leveller is designed with a 6000kg dynamic (single-axle) load, however
heavier duty (10,000 – 15,000kg) capacities are available.
Our Composite Control Panels are
designed around the health and safety considerations
associated with the loading bay area, for example, not allowing the
door to open until a vehicle is parked at the loading bay to reduce the
risk of individuals falling or driving a fork lift truck off the
loading bay area.
The interlocking
of any number of features allows for a quicker and simpler operation of
the loading bay equipment, resulting in a time saving which helps to
improve productivity.
Reducing
the
amount
of
electrical
control
devices
required
also
results
in space
saving in the loading bay area.
To assist
with the loading and unloading of vehicles Traffic Lights are available
in a wide
range of styles.
The dock loading
light comprises of a tough resilient non-conductive body with
integrally moulded handle for easy multi-directional positioning with a
24V/ 70W halogen bulb and toughened glass giving a bright focused beam
pattern.
To accompany the
dock levellers and shelters a wide range of accessories such as Dock
Buffers, Wheel Guides
and Bollards are available.
Standard dock
buffers are manufactured from a composite reinforced rubber designed to
cushion the building from the impact of the reversing vehicles.
Buffers are also
available in a polyethylene face or sliding version to help extend the
life.
Vehicle
detection buffers are also available that can activate a number pieces
of equipment such as doors, traffic lights, leveller interlock,
inflatable seals or various visual or audible alarms.
