All companies need to protect their goods from the weather and achieve the best possible isolation and cleanliness. It is therefore vital to install loading dock shelters in the facilities and therefore to ensure greater cleanliness inside. Inkema have a wide range of dock shelters developed according to each customer’s needs. These Inkema dock shelters are an essential element in any loading bay thanks to their optimal seal and easy adaptation to any facility.
The Inkema engineering department designs every shelter that comes out of our factories.
Retractable: The set of canvases of the retractile shelter allows the truck box to be surrounded simply and quickly. The design enables the canvases to be folded in the event of an incorrect manoeuvre, to avoid any need for repairs.
Retractable dock shelters with inclined roofs are formed by a perimeter structure that holds a series of canvases which adapt to the truck’s bodywork. This structure is retractable so that if any incorrect manoeuvre is performed by the truck, the shelter returns to its initial position. The aim is to provide a perfect seal when loading and unloading to achieve considerable energy savings and the resulting protection of the goods.
Dock shelter levelled with façade: This is installed directly on the facade to use the existing structure. Dock shelter levelled with facade is formed in exactly the same way as the retractable dock shelter with a perimeter structure holding a set of canvases which adapt perfectly to all kinds of trucks. These canvases are built into the façade with a simple frame. Their PVC curtains are fitted directly on the front aluminum profile.
Fix: Sometimes our customers need completely immobile shelters, and fixed shelters are the perfect solution. The fix dock shelter is formed by a perimeter structure which holds a set of canvases to form a small tunnel that adapts perfectly to the truck’s bodywork. The aim of the fix dock shelter is to give a perfect seal when loading and unloading to achieve significant energy savings and to protect the goods.
Inflatable: The perimeter canvases inflate to cover the whole of the truck box and adapt to different sizes. There are two different models of inflatable shelters: Premium and Large Volume. Each one has two sizes to choose from depending on the needs of the customer. These shelters offer the greatest possible thermal isolation and better facility hygiene.
There are two types of Inflatable shelters:
– Premium Inflatable Shelter: Formed by 3 inflatable canvases that fold tidily inside the shelter.
– Big Volume Inflatable Shelter: A dock shelter made with 3 large, high durability inflatable bags. The perfect adaptation of our inflatable dock shelters to the truck blocks provides considerable energy savings by thermally isolating the exterior and providing greater interior hygiene, always without affecting the comfort and flexibility of the manoeuvre. The air bag folds into the sides when the shelter is not being used in order to avoid tearing and to make manoeuvring easier.
2 Sizes of inflatable shelter to choose
Standard Shelter: 3500 mm wide by 3750 mm high, to adapt to large and medium-sized trucks.
Mini Shelter: This is smaller than the standard shelter, 2700 mm wide x 2800 mm high. Suitable for most vans and small trucks.
Cold store dock shelter: Designed always to ensure the best isolation during the loading and unloading process and to absorb possible impacts on the building.
Cold Store Dock Shelters are formed by technical foam die with a high recoverability index, lined with a polyester canvas with PVC on both sides.
When a vehicle begins to approach the loading bay to unload, it leans on the dock shelter and compresses it. The result is the perfect adaptation of the dock shelter to the vehicle box, blocking all entry of air and external elements. Thanks to the strong PVC covered polyester fabrics, Cold Shelters are prepared to withstand the continuous rubbing caused by the manoeuvres connecting the dock shelter to the truck.