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Robson
News: BAA commissioned Sheffield based handling company Geo. Robson
& Co Ltd to supply and install the Baggage Handling Conveyor System
from Check In to Airside loading. Including the weighing facility
at Check In and the Hold Baggage Screening X-Ray System
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| Security
and Handling Upgrade at Southampton Airport |
| Robson
completes half million pound conveyor system upgrade at Southampton
International Airport. |
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commissioned Sheffield based handling company Geo. Robson & Co
Ltd to supply and install the Baggage Handling system from Check
In to Airside loading. The installation included the weighing facility
at Check in and the X Ray security scanning, plus twenty individual
conveyors were used to complete the system, transporting the baggage
to the make up carousel. |
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make up carousel is where the bags are sorted for the flights and
loaded on to the trolleys for transfer to the aircraft. With the layout
of Southampton Airport the makeup carousel needed to be over one hundred
metres in length. To achieve this, Robson designed and installed the
latest Friction Drive Carousel. |
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Southampton installation is unique in so far as the Friction Drive
Carousel was installed in two parts.
Part one: A carousel half the overall length was installed
and commissioned. Enabling operations at the airport to continue while,
Part two: The other half of the carousel was constructed
and made ready for connection in to the first half. The two halves
were joined on a planned down day, to ensure the continuity of the
airport was not interrupted. Adrian Brown - Robson, Business Development
Manager Airports stated. "A good challenge with most of the installation
work taking place on night shift, and using planned down days for
the major works, we completed the installation well ahead of schedule".
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Friction Drive Carousel, one of Robson's latest products is constructed
from the latest lightweight but hardwearing materials, giving excellent
performance for extended periods. With speed and ease in mind, the
design of the Friction Drive Carousel is modular so replacing worn
components is easily achievable and quickly accomplished, minimising
the need for costly downtime maintenance. A bi-planer chain enables
the carousel to incline and decline, enabling the carousel to be used
in uneven areas. |
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| Robson
fulfilled the customer led design brief, which included energy saving,
energy usage reduced by half used by conventional carousels, lower
noise emissions and low component lead-time. |
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| Southampton
International Airport is owned by BAA, the world's leading airport
company, which also owns, Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh
and Aberdeen. Southampton International Airport is one of Europe's
fastest growing airports. Serving over 47 destinations and over 1.9
million passengers per year, speed and reliability of the baggage
system is critical to the smooth operation of the airport. |
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| Robson
has many years experience of the airport industry, coupled with a
solid working relationship with BAA, Robson has supplied and installed
conveyor systems in most UK airports plus airport installations worldwide.
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Geo.
Robson & Co. (Conveyors) Ltd
Coleford Road, Sheffield, S9 5PA
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Fax:
+44 (0)114 2433066
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