Granules, 25 kg sacks, big bags and octabins. We store plastic raw materials in a dry, clean area, with every lot at its own rack location.
01THE PRODUCT
Granules that pick up moisture mean surface defects in injection moulding; granules that pick up dirt mean a scrapped batch. How the raw material is kept until it reaches the machine decides the quality of the part that comes out. Some polymers draw moisture from the air on their own; those that don't can still get wet when cold packaging sweats in a warmer space. When dust, fibre or a stray granule of another grade gets in, the problem often only shows at the machine, in the finished part. So the aim in storing plastic granules is to keep the material as it arrived: a warehouse cannot improve the product, only stop it deteriorating.
Form matters too. 25 kg sacks arrive palletised and stretch-wrapped; as long as the wrap stays intact, the pallet moves as one unit. A sack's weak point is its seam, and a sack that splits along the seam can empty unnoticed inside the stack. Big bags are lifted by their loops; if the load on the loops is uneven, the bag can tear. An octabin's cardboard body is vulnerable to damp and crushing, so it stays within its own stacking limit and is not set down on a wet floor. The wrong attachment or one layer too many tears the packaging, and the granules inside are left exposed.
If different lots of the same product get mixed, the source of a later problem can never be traced. That is why every lot has its own rack location and every movement is scanned on the handheld terminal. If a complaint comes up about a lot, the records show the day it came in, the location it sat at and when it left. In polymer storage, mixing costs more than the quantity mixed: the whole lot becomes suspect.
02STORAGE
Six rules, in the same order on every shift. They run across six steps; the receipt-to-dispatch operating process goes like this: Pre-Notification, Goods Receipt, Customs Entry, Put-Away by Location, In-Stock Monitoring, Dispatch.
Raw material is kept in a dry, enclosed area, not in the open yard or under an overhang. Temperature and humidity are measured by sensor, readings are stored, and any deviation is acted on within the same shift. A sudden change in temperature can cause condensation inside the packaging; measuring is there to catch that change before the product gets wet. Dock doors are not left open needlessly.
No contaminating loads enter the raw-material zone: anything that could reach the material through dust, odour or leakage counts. Floor and equipment cleaning runs on a schedule. Dust or fibre mixed into granules stays invisible until the packaging is opened; more often than not it is noticed on the production line.
A single lot per rack location: the system won't allow a different lot to be put into the same location. Picking order is first in, first out or by expiry date, as you prefer. That way a lot nearing its date is not forgotten behind a newer one.
Separate stacking heights apply to big bags, sacks and octabins, and the manufacturer's limit is never exceeded. The limit depends on the type of packaging and the filled weight. Before stacking, we look at the wrap on sack pallets, the loops and body of big bags and the cardboard body of octabins. If the bottom row is crushed, the packaging tears and the granules are exposed.
Every movement is scanned on the handheld terminal at receipt and dispatch; a movement that isn't scanned can't be closed in the system. The system assigns the rack location and the terminal reads the movement. The software and sensors that run the warehouse are described separately on our About Us page.
Periodic stock counts and reconciliation. A count tests the records against the product on the rack, not against the screen. If the two disagree, the discrepancy isn't closed until its cause is found.
In brief
03QUESTIONS
There is no single number: the stacking height depends on the manufacturer's handling and stacking limit, the type of bag and the filled weight. Each product type has a written limit on the floor, and it is never exceeded. The same rule applies to sack pallets and octabins.
The limit is not only there to protect the bottom packaging: a stack that leans or topples damages the lot next to it as well. In big bag storage the bags should stand upright and balanced, and sack pallets should go on top of each other with their wrap intact.
Every lot sits at its own rack location; the system won't allow a different lot to be put into the same location. Because receipt and dispatch are scanned on the handheld terminal, it is always clear which lot came in and went out, and when. The lot number is on the packaging label, and scanning links it to the rack location. If you have several lots of the same product, you decide which goes out first: first in, first out or by expiry date.
An enclosed area, sensor-based temperature and humidity measurement and door discipline work together: dock doors aren't left open needlessly, readings are stored, and any deviation is dealt with on the same shift.
For polymers that absorb moisture, the real protection is the packaging itself. That is why packaging gets a separate look at goods receipt, and the condition of torn, wet or sweating packaging is recorded on entry. Whether the material needs drying before it goes into the machine is your decision, based on the manufacturer's data sheet.
At goods receipt the paperwork is checked against the load, and acceptance is recorded with two signatures. If the packaging is torn, wet or crushed, its condition is written down on entry and photographed if needed. The lot then goes to its own rack location and is scanned on the handheld terminal; the same check is repeated at dispatch.
These two records mean that if a problem comes up later, the discussion runs on documents: the condition of the packaging on entry and on exit are both in writing.
Our warehouse has 18,600 m² of covered space and two product groups: plastic raw materials and paper reels. Both are under the same roof but in separate zones, and no contaminating loads enter the raw-material zone. The warehouse is monitored by camera 24/7. We explain the separation on the storage by product group page, and the paper side on our paper reel storage service page.
Yes. With Type A general bonded warehouse status, your goods can be held under customs legislation without entering free circulation; you release the quantity you need, when you need it. Our warehouse is attached to Ambarlı Customs Directorate. We explain how duties wait during this time in our note on duty deferral in a bonded warehouse, and what sets Type A apart in how the bonded warehouse types differ.
Under Art. 332 of the Customs Regulation, the warehouse declaration must be registered within two working days of the vehicle's arrival at the warehouse. The legislation decides which operations may be carried out on goods in a bonded warehouse; we summarise the framework in our note on palletising and labelling in a bonded warehouse.
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