Fire Prevention from WAGNER Protects Fully Automated Deep-Freeze High-Bay Warehouse in a Class of its Own
When commissioned in May 2013, KLM’s deep-freeze high-bay warehouse was the largest of its kind in Germany. Located at the Rheine site in Westphalia, it offers over 8,500 m2 of storage space for 68,400 pallets – all protected against the outbreak of fire by a WAGNER oxygen reduction system with VPSA technology.
Active Fire Prevention for Ice Cream and Frozen Food
About the project
At the time of its commissioning, the fully automated deep-freeze warehouse entered the history books as ‘Germany’s largest refrigerator’. By expanding its existing warehouse, KLM was able to increase its total capacity to 90,000 spaces. The fire prevention solution, based on WAGNER’s OxyReduct® oxygen reduction system, guarantees uninterrupted safety. The VdS-approved solution is also both cost and energy efficient.
About the customer
KLM, a subsidiary of the logistics service provider NewCold, has offered full-service logistics for over 30 years. The head office in Rheine handles 7,000 pallets per day.
A fire can spread quickly in the narrow and high shelves. Burning, falling parts are another danger.
Precautionary Fire Prevention
The nitrogen needed to reduce the oxygen level is directly obtained from the ambient air in a particularly energy-efficient and environmentally friendly manner using generators with VPSA technology. WAGNER has installed three VPSA systems at KLM, each with a supply volume of 240 m3/h; one of these serves as a 50% redundancy system to meet the emergency concept requirements established in the building permit.
The fire protection solution from WAGNER has VdS recognition and thus offers certified safety.
More Impressions of KLM
KLM stores ice cream from well-known brand manufacturers, frozen cakes from Coppenrath & Wiese and a wide range of products for discounters.38 m high, 8,535 m2 of frozen storage space with a volume of 380,000 m3 - truly a frozen storage facility of superlativesKLM's frozen warehouse is equipped with an automatic loading and unloading system that allows a truck with 32 pallets to be fully unloaded in just 2 minutes.A total of 5,000 pallets can be loaded per day in the 40-million-euro new building.
Georg Grewe, former Managing Director of KLM Logistik
Our products have to be protected against fire and our automated logistics processes maintained under all circumstances. OxyReduct® with VPSA technology has also impressed us in terms of energy efficiency.
KLM stores ice cream from well-known brand manufacturers, frozen cakes from Coppenrath & Wiese and a wide range of products for discounters.
38 m high, 8,535 m2 of frozen storage space with a volume of 380,000 m3 - truly a frozen storage facility of superlatives
KLM's frozen warehouse is equipped with an automatic loading and unloading system that allows a truck with 32 pallets to be fully unloaded in just 2 minutes.
A total of 5,000 pallets can be loaded per day in the 40-million-euro new building.
