Drill core storage for the Mont Terri rock laboratory

The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics (BBL) in St. Ursanne, Switzerland, commissioned Stöcklin Logistik with an exciting project: the storage of drill cores from the rock laboratory at Mont Terri. These were to be stored in a channel storage facility in an existing hall that partially enclosed an exposed rock face. In addition, the channel storage facility was to be constructed as far as possible from wood.

Just the right challenge for the system and racking specialist. Stöcklin is one of the few European intralogistics system providers where automated high-bay racking system solutions and racking are designed and constructed under one roof - at the Technology Center in Laufen, Switzerland.

Sustainable concept: shelves made of wood and steel

An innovative, sustainable concept was developed for this special channel storage system, consisting of a single-aisle, fully automatic MASTerA 24 16 BBL high-bay storage and retrieval machine in combination with a Powershuttle for high-performance system technology. A wood and steel construction was developed for the racks, in which the vertical rack parts are made of wood and the horizontal parts (beams and channel rails) are made of steel. This unique shelving construction is a novelty and combines all the advantages of the two construction materials wood and steel in one shelving system.

"This project was particularly exciting for us. Together with structural engineer Brunno Felber, we were able to develop a completely new shelving system that, from a structural point of view, offers all the advantages of the two building materials wood and steel in a perfectly sustainable way. Thanks to our customer who challenged us and realized this unique solution with us." summarizes Daniel Bühler, responsible Sales Manager Shelving Systems at Stöcklin.