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| Security
and Handling Upgrade at Southampton Airport |
| Robson
completes half million pound conveyor system upgrade at Southampton
International Airport. |
| BAA 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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| The 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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| The
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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| The 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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