Fire Prevention from WAGNER Protects Fully Automated Deep-Freeze High-Bay Warehouse in a Class of its Own
Active fire prevention OxyReduct® from WAGNER protects KLM's deep-freeze high-bay warehouse in Rheine (Germany) from the dangers of fire since 2013.
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 fire by a WAGNER oxygen reduction system with VPSA technology.
At the time of commissioning, the fully automated deep-freeze warehouse was described as "Germany's largest refrigerator". By adding an extension to an existing warehouse, KLM was able to increase its total capacity to 90,000 storage spaces. The fire protection solution, based on oxygen reduction OxyReduct® from WAGNER, guarantees uninterrupted operation. The VdS-approved solution is also cost- and energy-efficient.
KLM, a subsidiary of the logistics service provider NewCold, has been offering full-service logistics for over 30 years. At the company's headquarters in Rheine, goods in the amount of 7,000 pallets are handled.
Active Fire Prevention for Ice Cream and Frozen Food
Fire-related generation of hazardous substances and contaminated extinguishing agents must be avoided.
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 cubic metres per hour; one of them serves as a fifty percent redundancy 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.
Customer Testimonial
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 and frozen cakes from well-known brand manufacturers and a wide range of products for discounters.38 metres high, 8,535 square metres of frozen storage space with a volume of 380,000 cubic metres - 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.
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