AfterthoroughstudyanddiscussionwithrefinedsugarWarehouse

workingpersonnelscurrentlyfollowingtwomethodsofstackingarefinalized
whicharenowbeingtestedandadapted.

StackingProcedureMethod1

1. Thesugarbagstackingprocessismanualbybeltconveyers.
2. Eachstandardsstackcontains8640bags.
3. Thebaseofthestandardsstackis15bagsX21bagsandheightisupto36
4.
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7.
8.

bagsin6stairstepstofacilitatethedestackingasshownbelow.
Destackingisfirstinitsfirstout.
Allthethreesidesexceptloadingside,thestackwillbe15X21x6bags.
Onloadingsideafterevery6bagheight,therewillbereductionin2bags
lengthwiseasshowninthepicture.
Soformationofstackfirstbasewillbe21X6X15andnextstepwillbe
19X6X15bags.
Inthesimilarwayotherstepswillbestackedasshowninthebelow
picture.Accordingtothisproceduretotal8640bagscanbestored.

15X15X6=990
16X15X6=1170
17X15X6=1350
18X15X6=1530
19X15X6=1710
21X15X6=1890

21bags

TOTALNUMBEROFBAGS=8640.
(Gapshouldnotbemorethanonefootbetweenthestacksexceptloadingsideto
avoidpersonnelentry.)

15bags

RefinedsugarWarehousestack

StackingProcedureMethod2
1.
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4.
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6.
7.
8.

Thesugarbagstackingprocessismanualbybeltconveyers.
Eachstandardsstackcontains9750bags.
Thebaseofthestandardsstackis15bagsX21bagsandheightisupto35
bagsin6stairstepstofacilitatethedestackingprocessasshownbelow.
Destackingisfirstinitsfirstout.
Allthethreesidesexceptloadingside,thestackwillbe21X6x15
bags.
Onloadingsideafterevery6bagheight,therewillbereductioninonebag
lengthwiseasshowninthepicture.
Soformationofstackfirstbasewillbe21X6X15andnextstepwillbe
20X6X15bags.
Inthesimilarwayotherstepswillbestackedasshowninthebelow
picture.Accordingtothisproceduretotal8640bagscanbestored.

16X5X15=1200

17X6X15=1530

18X6X15=1620

19X6X15=1710

20X6X15=1800

21X6X15=1890

15bags

21bags

TOTALNUMBEROFBAGS=9750.
(Gapshouldnotbemorethanonefootbetweenthestacksexceptloadingsideto
avoidpersonnelentry.)

LoadingProcedure
LoadingVehicleplacement:

1. Vehicleloadingplatformmustbecheckedbyloadingsupervisortoensure
therearenoopeningsontheloadingplatform.
2. Incaseoftruck,thebackdoorofthetruckmustbecheckedthoroughlyto
ensuresafelockingofthebackdoor.
3. Ifthebackdoorlockingarrangementisnotsatisfactory,thenitshouldnot
beusedasloadingplatform.
4. Thentheloadingcontainer/truckshouldbeshiftedtorequiredlocation
safely.
5. Whileshiftingvehiclethesupervisormustbeaccompaniedwiththe
loadingvehicletogiverequiredguidancetothevehicledriver.
6. Afterplacingthevehicleattheloadingpoint,theenginemustbeswitched
offtillthecompletionoftheloading.
LoadingConveyorplacement:
(Beforeshiftingconveyor,thesupervisormustensurethefollowing.)
1. AllthepersonsinvolvinginshiftingofconveyormustuseSafetyShoesto
avoidAccidentswiththeconveyorrollers.
2. SupervisorhastodothephysicalcheckingofPullChordSystemofthe
conveyortoEnsureinworkingcondition.
3. Supervisorhastodophysicalcheckingofmachineguardstoensurethat
theyareinplace.
4. Hehastoinspectthewayforsafeshiftingoftheconveyorwithout
disturbingtheexistingstacks.

LoadingthesugarBagstoContainer/TrucksfromtheStacks(Destacking):
1. Loadingconveyormustbekeptatleasttwometerdistancefromthestack
forsafemovementofthepeople.Bymaintainingsafedistancewecan
avoidthatfallingofpersonsontotheconveyorincaseofslipwhichmay
leadtomajoraccidents.
2. Destackingshouldbestartedandcontinuedonlyfromtheextremetop
layerofthestack
3. Bagsshouldnotbepulledfromthemiddlelayersofthestackwhichmay
leadtocollapseofthebags.
4. Bagsshouldnotbethrowndirectlyontotheconveyor.Bagsmustbe
pulledfromthestackandgiventotheshoulderoftheloadingpersonwho
willloadmanuallyontotheconveyor.
5. ThesupervisormustcontinuouslymonitortheDestackingprocedureand
givenecessaryguidelinestotheloadingpersontoensuresafety.

NOTE:
1.Walkways(aisles)shouldbemarkedonthefloorintherefinedsugarware
houseandwalkinginbetweenthestacksshouldbeavoidedstrictly.
2.Maximumnumberofstacksinthegodownistobefinalizedandmarking
needtobedoneaccordinglysothattheycanstackthebagsonlyinsidethe
markings.

LayoutofRefinedSugarWarehouseandstacksarrangements