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forklifts, and can suite any site, layout or
budget. By decreasing aisle width, most
warehouses can save up to 40% of their
warehouse space. “With the innovative design
of the Bendi, it means that high performance
can be achieved inside and outside of the
workplace. With a driving style that is easy to
learn and operator friendly, productivity with
the Bendi is a key benefit,” says Shafto. The
Bendi is said to have proved to be twice as
fast as a reach truck and nearly three times
faster than a VNA (very narrow aisle) machine.
Stacking to the fore
For effective storage and stockpiling of bulk
goods, stackers are the preferred form of
material handling equipment. Supplied by
ELB Equipment in South Africa, Telestack
offers a wide range of conveyors with various
lengths and options available that can be
tailored to meet the specific throughputs and
capacities required for the project at hand.
The tracked conveyor range, for example, can
stockpile from 0-300 mm (12” down) material
and has discharge heights of up to 14 m.
Nel says Telestack’s mobile solutions offer
significant operating cost savings compared
with traditional methods of material handling
– such as wheel loaders, haul trucks and
static conveyors – by eliminating double
handling of materials. “Other significant
benefits include product mobility and
flexibility to move Telestack products to work
on other parts of the project,” says Nel.
Telestack has over 2 000 installations
across the globe, and its products can handle
all free flowing bulk materials including
The Telestack tracked conveyor range is widely used in short to medium-term
projects within the sand, gravel and aggregate industry.
MATERIALS HANDLING