NKS speed up storage operations with RDS
Loadmaster 9000i on-board weighing system chosen to help process bulk products
North Killingholme Storage (NKS) provide one-stop storage and logistical solutions, including Customs-approved warehousing for bulk products. Based in North Lincolnshire, near Immingham docks, numerous products are received from across the world, stored and then screened or blended to the customer’s requirements before being sent out again.
Total capacity of the NKS site is over 250,000ft² and around a million tonnes of different product is turned around each year. To help speed up this operation, NKS have invested in two Loadmaster 9000i on-board weighing systems from RDS North Eastern Ltd for use on their two Volvo L120F wheel loaders.
The Loadmaster 9000i is trade-approved for the commercial sale of goods to MID Class Y(b) and OIML Class R51 & R76 standards and at NKS is currently used in conjunction with a weighbridge, to ensure accurate loading, reducing the time trucks spend on site, increasing accountability and to speed up the complete operation.
Through use of the telemetry link option in the Loadmaster, NKS are looking to phase out the weighbridge and simply send load data direct from the loader to the office where a printed ticket will be automatically produced. This is due to go live later in the year and will further improve operational productivity.
NKS have used RDS weighing systems for over 20 years as Shaun Dannatt, Warehouse Manager at NKS explained: ‘We have received nothing but excellent service and product support from RDS North Eastern, who have always responded quickly and effectively to any question or support issue. The loader operators get on well with the RDS system and in such an operation as we have here it certainly helps our aim of achieving a quick vehicle turn around.’
