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Warehouse Racking
Warehouse Racking
Warehouse racking, which is also called warehouse shelving, is a kind of material storage used for storing products and materials horizontally. The concept of warehouse racking is becoming increasingly common since this process maximizes storage space in the warehouse. Warehouse shelving uses different types of storage components.
Warehouse Shelving Components
Warehouse Shelving Components
Load beams, which are also referred to as step beams, are the support structures that enable materials to be stored horizontally. The load beams are inserted into the upright framework that allows for warehouse racking.
Upright frames are a type of warehouse shelving framework designed for fitting into a warehouse design. These upright frames are in column form that stand upright and up as high as possible to increase the warehouse's storage capacity. Then holes are drilled at regular intervals into the upright columns so that the load beams can be mounted.
Diagonal braces are bolted or welded in between two upright columns in order to increase strength and rigidity. They are are also called upright frame lacing or horizontal braces.
Wire decking is utilized to help increase safety while materials are stored in warehouse shelving. Usually, wire decking is a wire-mesh that gets fitted to horizontal columns so that stored materials do not fall out of the rack structure. The reason that mesh is used instead of a solid base is to prevent dirt from building up on the shelves. Mesh also makes it easy to identify the specific materials that are stored on the shelves. That is because you can see through mesh even on high shelves to know which materials are stored in a specific location.
Foot plated, or faceplates, normally are put on the base of the columns in order to increase the column's stability. Then anchors are bolted in so that the columns are firmly supported to the concrete floor.
There are different kinds of warehouse shelving processes that are available.
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Selective warehouse racking
Selective warehouse racking
This is the most common type of warehouse shelving process. The process enables different kinds of materials of various densities to be stored. It is perfect for warehouses that store various kinds of products and materials. There are two different kinds of selective warehouse racking that are available. The clip-in selective process uses pallets that hang from horizontal load beams and supported by clips to upright warehouse frame. They are adjustable clips that can be easily adjusted to increase shelf size so that bulkier sized materials can be stored.
The bolt-in selective process, on the other hand, involves horizontal load beams being attached to upright warehouse frames. Bolts instead of clips are used for this process. What that means is that horizontal beams are fixed more permanently and cannot be adjusted easily to allow for various material sizes. The main advantage to the bolt-in method is horizontal beams are able to handle materials that are much heavier compared to the clip in process. Therefore, this process is better suited for warehouses with heavy materials that come in standard packaging sizes.
Drive-in warehouse racking
Drive-in warehouse racking
This warehouse racking process has been designed specifically to allow forklift trucks to easily drive into and out of warehouses. That makes it possible to use forklift trucks to store and remove materials. Ideal warehouses designed to use drive-in warehouse shelving have both an entrance and exit that allows trucks to drive into and out of a warehouse easily. However, warehouses that have only one entrance and exit does require the warehouse to be arranged based on the LIFO (last in first out) method so that materials can be easily and conveniently removed and stored.
Push-back warehouse shelving
Push-back warehouse shelving
This type of warehouse racking design is designed specifically to increase the amount of storage space that a warehouse has. Wheel carts rolling on rails support the pallets to load beams. After a pallet has been loaded, it gets pushed to the far end by being rolled into the columns. Each subsequent load gets pushed against the previous one in order to increase the amount of storage space that is available.
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