Rackline provide a Fast Reaction for Dounreay

One of the most important collections in the history of nuclear energy has been preserved for future generations after a £400,000 investment in a new archive facility at Dounreay.

The storage system selected by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) for the Archive facility at their Dounreay site was supplied by Rackline.

Rackline were chosen partly for their ability to make design changes to the computerised storage plans actually on site, thereby saving time and expense.
The archive is home to some 10 million pages of paper records contained in 21,000 boxes that would stretch for three kilometres if laid end to end.
On the eve of the site’s 50th anniversary, 230 tonnes of records had been brought together and put into the Rackline Multitrak mobile storage system.
Rackline’s Multitrak mobile storage system uses multiple torque tubes and wheels to accommodate long bases.
In UKAEA’S installation up to 8 metres long. Powerful guidance and drive system ensures the carriages remain perfectly aligned on the tracks.

Rackline installed a Multitrak system comprising of :

• 197 bays (1,981 linear metres) in Storeroom 1
• 185 bays (1,972 linear metres) in Storeroom 2
• 60 bays (528 linear metres) in the Library.

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