Sara Loading Bay Specialists Ltd

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Greycaine Estate
Watford
Herts

WD24 7JX
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 1923 208888

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Sara Loading Bay Specialists Ltd articles

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End to end security provided through high spec roller doors

End to end security provided through high spec roller doors
A food manufacturer that installed its first sara LBS Sprint high speed roller door in November 2015 was so impressed that it promptly ordered two more to speed up operations on the site. In food handling operations, both security and biosecurity are high on the management’s agenda, no matter how busy operations become. So when sara LBS was asked to suggest some possible door solutions for an ingredients and foodstuffs production site, it was natural to looks at high speed roller doors that would minimise the time they were actually open.
28th July 2017

Smart door keeps pump manufacturer’s factory secure and efficient

After 20 years of reliable service with a high speed roller shutter security door from Sara LBS, pump manufacturers, Stuart Turner, have replaced a roller door at its goods in/out area.
30th June 2017

As one door closes another one opens

As one door closes another one opens
Industrial roller shutter doors are often taken for granted, but having one become unreliable or fail completely can have significant consequences for a business’s operations. Nick Cox of sara LBS looks at the possible problems and explains why quality is built into every sara LBS door.
15th June 2017


Roller shutter doors keep winter weather out at Glasgow paper plant

Roller shutter doors keep winter weather out at Glasgow paper plant
Two 25 year old sara LBS industrial doors have been replaced with new models, from the same manufacturer. The paper-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa has replaced the two older doors at its West Scotland depot. Smurfit Kappa had sales of €8.2bn in 2016, and is constantly innovating to create new packaging solutions and other paper based products, such as point of sale displays, and runs highly regarded recycling operations across the UK.
27th April 2017

High speed doors start energy from food waste processes

High speed doors start energy from food waste processes
Converting food waste into green energy, two new combined heat and power generation plants have been developed, but only received planning permission because operator Agrivert and sara LBS guaranteed that neither plant would emit unpleasant odours. Agrivert provides sustainable and cost effective organic waste management solutions across the UK, including anaerobic digestion, in-vessel composting, green waste composting, and the treatment and recycling of bio-solids for the water sector.
23rd March 2017

Inflatable shelter stabilises temperature

Inflatable shelter stabilises temperature
Loading bay specialist sara LBS designed and installed a dedicated vehicle dock, for a major logistics company at its west London depot. The criteria for the new dock included, to provide a stable temperature for loading and unloading, whilst also remaining cost effective in operation.
24th February 2017

Clear vision of door performance requirements for lens maker

Clear vision of door performance requirements for lens maker
  To ensure there was minimum disruption to production, the engineers at sara LBS fitted a new Sprint Indupart RUN door, to replace an aging access door at a busy contact lens manufacturer, in one day over the Christmas shut down.
1st February 2017

Playing it cool with the food distribution network

Playing it cool with the food distribution network
The chilled food distribution network needs thermal regulation for its ongoing performance, as it is a multi-billion dollar global industry. Getting rooms down to temperature is one thing, keeping them at that temperature in the most efficient manner is another. Nick Cox of loading bay specialist, sara LBS, explained how the right door can improve insulation to maximise profits and help preserve the perfect temperature.
14th December 2016

Keeping the bad guys out with glazed steel doors

Keeping the bad guys out with glazed steel doors
Ensuring that premises are secure against break-ins and unauthorised entry is a growing and constant concern for almost everyone who manages an organisation, event or building. Nick Cox, Area Sales Manager for sara LBS looks at how steel personnel doors can bring a level of extra confidence to many installations.
1st December 2016

Busy paper merchant gets 12 new dock shelters

Busy paper merchant gets 12 new dock shelters
The new central warehouse belonging to Denmaur Independent Papers has had 12 sara LBS retractable dock shelters installed in the loading bays, near the M1 in Leicestershire as part of a refurbishment. Denmaur handles over 150,000 tonnes of deliveries a year, worth in excess of £100m. It supplies printers, publishers, designers and end users all over the country, from a network of six branches including the main Leicestershire facility.
14th October 2016

Fashion retailer uses internal pods as defence against weather

Fashion retailer uses internal pods as defence against weather
To continue its expansion Scottish ladies fashion retailer is fitting sara LBS loading pods, complete with retractable shelters, internally to the loading bays of the new distribution warehouse. The retailer sells ladies’ fashions, footwear and accessories through outlets across the UK and, increasingly, overseas. 
23rd September 2016

Ramps and bridge plates: it’s the simple things in life

Ramps and bridge plates: it’s the simple things in life
Working spaces and loading bays are extremely vital for maintaining the overall productivity of manufacturing or logistics organisations, and this is often over looked. Their scissor lifts, dock levellers and other high tech equipment perform vital tasks and look very impressive, but, as sara LBS’s Jeremy Albin explains, more mundane ramps and bridge plates are equally important.
25th August 2016

Easy product searching featured on new website

Easy product searching featured on new website
A new website has been launched by a UK supplier of loading bay and industrial door solutions, sara LBS. Designed to allow visitors to easily compare products and download information, the new website includes access to technical brochures for every product as well as free CAD files and a comprehensive list of spare parts for registered users.
27th July 2016

Transparent roller shutter door reduces energy loss

Transparent roller shutter door reduces energy loss
A high speed industrial roller shutter door has been installed at Brita Walter Filter’s manufacturing and logistics centre in Bicester.
13th July 2016

Scissor lift helps craft bakery drive efficiency into its dispatch operations

Scissor lift helps craft bakery drive efficiency into its dispatch operations
One of Wales’ top craft bakeries has simplified the loading of its products onto delivery vehicles by working with sara LBS to build a bespoke loading house at its bakery in Minera, near Wrexham.
3rd May 2016

Bespoke dock leveller keeps waste paper bails flowing smoothly to Chinese recyclers

Bespoke dock leveller keeps waste paper bails flowing smoothly to Chinese recyclers
sara LBS has helped one of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management companies to replace a hardworking loading bay dock leveller at its busy East London plant. By completing all the installation work in a single day there was minimal disruption to the plant’s workflow.
10th February 2016

High speed doors hold key to dust control in food operations

High speed doors hold key to dust control in food operations
A breach of hygiene standards could cause a professional food processing manufacturing, distribution and handling operation to be shut down – possibly for good. High speed automated doors can help secure working areas, as Alan Ryder of Sara LBS explains.
2nd September 2015

Designing and operating scissor lifts

Designing and operating scissor lifts
Scissor lifts generally work safely and efficiently, ensuring order and productivity in loading bays and other materials handling facilities. As such they are often under-appreciated, so here Alan Ryder of sara LBS explains their design and operation.
26th June 2015

Take a virtual factory tour with sara LBS

Take a virtual factory tour with sara LBS
sara LBS offers the market a complete package solution which can help to make a factory or warehouse run more efficiently. However, without a display area the size of a small warehouse, it can be hard for the company to properly demonstrate the true depth of its product range. To remedy this it has built a virtual factory which shows some of its most popular products in action in a realistic working environment.
28th April 2015

Why customers benefit from on-site training

 Why customers benefit from on-site training
sara LBS is committed to supplying high quality products that are in compliance with all relevant UK and EU legislation. As part of this commitment it ensures that all of its sales and installation engineers are experienced in their field and knowledgeable on the latest developments within the industry. It’s now taking this training one step further, educating end users on maintenance and servicing techniques.
13th January 2015


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