Warehouse1 Material Handling Blog

Friday Dec 13, 2013

What are the best types of pallet racking? We’ve reviewed and ranked the most popular styles and brands of pallet rack out there. Our reviews give one to five stars for the following categories: design, availability, competitive pricing, ease of installation and durability. For a more in depth look, click on...

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Cantilever racking accessories accommodate special storage requirements within a cantilever racking design. Common types of cantilever rack accessories on the market are: Bolt-On Arm Lips Help keep product on cantilever arms. Lips are often removable and extend 2” above the arm. Lips are not intended to be load bearing. Bolt-On Pipe Sockets Install...

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Cantilever racks have many different size and capacity options available for a wide range of storage needs. The most common sizes and capacities range from medium duty to extra heavy duty cantilever racks: Medium Duty Cantilever Racks Component Size Capacity single and double sided uprights 6-12' height 3,300 – 16,200 lbs. straight and incline arms 12-48″...

Monday Dec 9, 2013

In order to properly design a cantilever rack system, you must know what product (load) you are storing: the length, depth, height and weight of the product. Once you know this, designing the system is as easy as finding out the required number of arms, uprights and braces. A. Determine the number and spacing...

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Cantilever racking is a freestanding storage system which employs a cantilever support arrangement for its individual racks or shelves.  A cantilever system is one where a load bearing arm is supported at one end only.  With no other vertical supports involved, the racks easily accommodate materials longer than the rack span. Cantilever rack...

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Converting standard selective pallet bays to carton flow racking makes carton loading and picking faster and more efficient than standard shelving. How Carton Flow Pallet Rack Works Most pallet rack bays can be converted to carton flow by installing kits consisting of slightly inclined lanes with tracks of rollers or skate wheels....

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Pallet flow racks utilize rollers or skate-style wheels mounted on a gentle incline inside the rack, with the rollers at the loading side slightly higher. How Pallet Flow Racking Works Pallets are fed into the pallet flow racking from the loading aisle and roll by force of gravity through the rack to the...

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Push back rack utilizes the simple force of gravity to move stored pallets forward on the rack for picking. In a push back racking system, the pallets come forward to the lift truck instead of the lift truck driving in to access the pallets. With higher storage density and less aisle space, push-back rack systems...

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Drive-in and drive-through pallet rack systems provide an efficient answer to high-density storage requirements. How Drive In and Drive Through Racks Work In these configurations, a forklift drives into the rows of racks from one side only in a drive in rack system, or from either side in a drive-through system, to add or retrieve...

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Selective pallet rack offers simplicity and versatility. That’s why it’s the most popular pallet rack system for storing and retrieving pallets. In most industrial applications, selective pallet rack will be the front line of storage in warehouse environments, adaptable to most products and accessible by the widest range of equipment. Selective...