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Kaefer, Westfalia, Sabroe Offer New

Pallet-Handling System

Kaefer Isoliertechnik and

Westfalia Systemtechnik, both of

Germany, and Sabroe Marine of

Denmark, created a joint venture — KSW Systems — to market a new pallet handling technology they claim will offer major advantages to the refrigerated cargo handling business. Central to the Automatic

Seaborne Pallet Handling (ASPH) system is automatic pallet handling in the holds, using technology de- veloped by Westfalia.

At the SMM 94 Show, KSW dem- onstrated ASPH as part of a design called Reefer 175—a double-hulled vessel similar in size to a 1,600-

TEU, 21,000-dwt containership.

The cargo area divides into nine sections: two container holds with hatches at the bow, six insulated, refrigerated and hatchless holds in the middle, and another container hold with batches aft.

The weather deck is also designed for container stacking with three deckhouses that provide cargo ac- cess. Each deckhouse contains cool- ing and ventilation equipment as well as a pallet handling crane and a

Westfalia pallet conveyor system.

The palletized cargoes are loaded and discharged via side hatches.

Container handing can thus be un- dertaken independently of palletized cargo movements, via three ship- board cranes.

The six reefer holds provide ca- pacity for about 4,770 pallets mea- suring 3.3 ft. by 3.9 ft. (1 m by 1.2 m), with about 800 pallets per hold. In each hold is an automatic shelving system, with two racks per hold.

The racks are served by a

Westfalia stacker crane, with a cargo lift on which is installed a machine

Westfalia calls a Satellit — a robot- like device positioned at the top of the aisle by the crane, where it is released to seek either the nearest available bay for storing a particular pallet, or the designated pallet to be

Model of the cargo storage concept developed by the joint venture KSW Systems. retrieved for unloading. An inte- grated dimension check, pallet iden- tification and weighing system al- lows cargo to be positioned in the holds according to ship stability and trim criteria.

The ASPH system allow auto- matic handling of palletized car- goes, with up to 5,000 pallet loads capable of being handled in a 10- hour period — cutting port costs and making for faster round trips.

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