The family business Ubrankovics Kft was founded in 1990 and is now one of the best-known manufacturers of prefabricated timber houses in Hungary. The company, based in Ágfalva, designs, manufactures, and installs log houses and large-scale, energy-saving houses in Hungary, Austria and Slovakia. Special attention is paid to environmentally conscious, architectural solutions that use traditional raw materials and represent traditional values.
The company has recently put five new rows of OHRA cantilever racks into operation. This is the last stage of a continuous expansion of storage capacities for the time being and, currently, 13 rows of racks up to 5.5m-high offer space for 1,000m3 of wood.
The expansion of the racking system was the basis for the increase in production capacity. Among other things, a new CNC machine area is continuously fed with raw material from the warehouse and the high stock level ensures a reliable supply to production. Storage in cantilever racks instead of floor storage also significantly increases overall productivity.
Originally, Ubrankovics stored the up to 13m-long beams and components needed for production in a floor storage area outside. However, as the items were stored stacked on top of each other, access to special components was cumbersome and time-consuming. Above all, however, with the continuously growing production, the capacities of this form of storage quickly reached their limits. To create larger storage capacities on the existing outdoor area, Ubrankovics decided to replace the block storage with cantilever racking.
For this, the company relied on a storage solution from OHRA. Thanks to the flexible, height-adjustable cantilever arms, the racks offer smooth adjustment of storage heights; the slim design made of durable, hot-rolled steel profiles is the basis for compact storage on a small footprint.
The racks installed at Ubrankovics are up to 5.5m-high, with each cantilever arm carrying a load of up to 800kg. The first racks were put into operation back in 2016, and since then the system has been continuously expanded. As mentioned, a total of 13 racking rows are now currently in use, which are operated by a four-way stacker and a side stacker.
Due to the continuously expanded storage capacities and the significantly easier access to the material compared to the floor storage, the efficiency in the warehouse could be increased considerably. In addition, the high stock level of around one-third of the annual timber requirement ensures a continuous, reliable supply to production. All in all, the cantilever racking warehouse has steadily increased the company’s overall productivity.
