#The loading dock install#
#The loading dock full#
#The loading dock series#

If you have to maintain a strict cold chain, a more advanced three- or four-sided rail shelter could prove vital. Preventing the contamination of goods and maintaining the cold chain for Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) compliance are essential functions of loading dock seals.Ī loading dock shelter sits above and around the seal and the door, ensuring the elements don’t damage shipments and helping workers go about their loading and unloading duties in safety and comfort. These assets help you keep weather, pests and debris from entering the facility while personnel are loading or unloading trucks. The seals around your loading dock doors are essential parts of environmental control measures. You must also ensure the doors’ opening and closing mechanisms are reliable and well maintained, both to keep employees safe and the supply chain moving. You must ensure they are sized correctly for the trailers that will pull up to the loading dock - too large and they will decrease energy efficiency and environmental control, while small doors will hamper loading and unloading speed. There are many considerations around selecting loading dock doors. The general categories of loading dock equipment installed and serviced by MINER include the following: Depending on the type and amount of goods that move through your facilities, you will need a unique set of capabilities. The exact makeup of the assets on your loading dock will depend on the usage patterns of your facility. What equipment should be present on your loading dock? Watching out for these potential issues and correcting them is an important part of operating a loading dock. The equipment in place on the loading dock and elsewhere can be insufficient for its intended purpose, installed incorrectly or not adequately maintained. This highlights the importance of having effective equipment repair practices in place, but even more so the value of equipment selection, installation and maintenance strategies that will minimize the risk of downtime whenever possible.įacilities are often constructed without knowledge of the exact ways in which they will be used as time goes on. When trying to speed up logistics processes through the introduction of modernized practices, you must focus on the loading dock, to prevent it acting as a bottleneck for productivity.Ī single equipment failure on the loading dock can lead to hours of lost productivity as trucks are unable to load and unload. This can seem like a minor or obvious point at first, but its impact is profound.

#The loading dock full#

NOTE: Compression of seals may reduce the effective width and full access to trailer.What is the business importance of the loading dock?Īll goods moving within the supply chain must pass through loading dock areas. Note that wider doors require more building space, which may not be available. A 10 ft wide door can be designed for oversized loads. The doors should be between 8’6″ and 8’0″ wide to allow for trucks to park off-center. Side-by-side palletizing is simplified, potential for product damage is reduced, and oversized loads can be serviced. Space the doors 12 ft apart to accommodate most trucks, sealing systems, and communication light systems.ĭock doors narrower than 8’0″ are commonly installed with compressed foam dock seals for temperature control of refrigerated operations.ĩ ft wide doors should be used to service 8’6″ wide trailers. Keep doors as small as possible – usually narrower than 8 ft – in temperature-controlled docks, where energy is lost through doors. With a special permit, a flatbed may exceed the maximum width.ĭetermine the door sizes along with selecting the sealing system. NOTE: The maximum trailer size limits are 8’6″ wide x 13’6″ high (varies by state). Consider extending the door 13 ft to 14 ft above the driveway and a minimum of 8’6″ wide if full access to the truck’s interior is required.

#The loading dock install#

NOTE: Install door track protectors to protect the door tracks.Ĭommon dock door dimensions are 8’0″ in width with 8 ft, 9 ft or 10 ft heights. They are thicker and stronger than a roller door.Other advantages of a sectional door are: A sectional door is smoother and quieter than a roller door because of rollers that run inside of tracks. The most commonly installed doors are manually operated and are either an overhead sectional door or a roller door.

#The loading dock series#

Rain Deflector Xtreme (RD) Series Dock ShelterĪ dock door is required for inside/outside loading docks.FPHU Foam Pad Hood Universal Dock Seal – accommodates larger doors.FPU Foam Pad Universal Series Dock Seal – accommodates larger doors.Truck Lock™ – Low Profile – Flange Style.Truck Lock™ – Low Profile – Cast-In Style.Truck Lock™ – 350 Series – Flange Style.Truck Lock™ – 350 Series – Cast-In Style.