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Article: Dock doors come out of the cold: today's cold dock doors close faster, shaving up to 40 minutes off shifts.(Warehousing: DOCK DOORS)
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- Food Logistics
- Article date:
- October 15, 2006
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Cold storage facilities with busy loading docks previously had only one of two options when it came to loading dock doors. They either went with heavy, well-insulated doors, often called hard-core doors, at the expense of employee safety and speed of operation. Or, their only other alternative was high-speed folding doors, which open and close quickly to minimize air exchange but provide little insulation against cold air escape when closed.
For most, the more popular choice had long been the former, despite their many shortcomings. These include an inability to accommodate rapid forklift traffic, slow movement when opening and closing, safety risks to employees ...