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trailer world issue Two 2011

Issue Two 2011 cost-efficient if the vehicle is loaded and driven with goods that require the same temperature, since it saves valuable time during the loading and unloading process if the sections do not have to be separated. The front cooling unit can then easily refrigerate the entire interior area as its fan circulates up to 60 cubic metres an hour. Mkaf_khY[]¿\gmZd]\][c]jklqd]¾ Up to 33 euro pallets can fit inside a refrig- erated trailer. The pallets are allowed to have a total weight of 25 tonnes, so that the total weight of the truck and trailer together does not exceed the permitted maximum weight of 44 tonnes. This regulation has been in effect since July 2011, and only applies to agricultural goods and food. Previously, the permissible to- tal weight of a truck and trailer combination was 40 tonnes, which meant a total weight of 22 tonnes for the pallets. However, the loads are rarely that heavy. Particularly in the case of distribution runs, the vehicles are often loaded with relatively flatly packed pallets due to the variety of the goods and the recipients. In order to use the space as optimally as possible during such transports, mobile panels are increasingly being used. The mobile panels, which are sus- pended in the brackets of the side walls, create an “intermediate floor” and the pallets travel “double-decker style”. However, since the mo- bile intermediate floor has to be mounted and dismantled, the unloading and loading process involves more work and time, and this loading method also necessitates special skills on the part of the forklift operator. If frozen goods have to be transported, the inside of the vehicle must have already been cooled down to the required temperature. Then there is a maximum one-hour time win- dow within which the warehouse must place the goods in a temperature lock chamber at the loadinghatch.Everythinghastobedonequickly, so that the temperature stays as constant as pos- sible. Frozen food has to be at a temperature of minus 18 degrees Celsius, and the law permits brief deviations of three degrees. ImYdalqYkkmjYf[]\mjaf_ l`]`Yf\gn]j The driver checks the temperature of the loaded goods by inserting a thermometer be- tween two packs on the pallet and documents the measured temperature. This is an impor- tant step in the quality assurance process. As one very experienced driver knows, “If the car- go is not cold enough at this point, it cannot be brought down to the right temperature during the transport, even if the cooling unit is run- ning at full power.” The specified temperature for the vehicle interior is set via the buttons on the control unit mounted on the front end of the trailer and can be read and monitored 9[gddYhkaZd]egn]YZd]hYjlalagf]fYZd]k \a^^]j]fll]eh]jYlmj]rgf]k& x1RZ WKH GDWD LV PRQLWRUHG WUDQVPLWWHG DQG ORJJHG LQ UHDO WLPH YLD VDWHOOLWHl -HDQ&KDUOHV )URPDJH 7HFKQRORJ\

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