How to design pallet racking?
Pallet racking is the most widely used racking system in the world. Pallet racking is a storage system which used to store pallet, each pallet is one position, thus it’s also called beam racking.
Pallet racking made from upright frame and beam. Pallet racking is very simple and reliable.
According to the different requirement of customer, there is various specification can be used for racking system. The several basic factor of racking system is weight capacity, pallet size, warehouse space, maximum lift height of forklift.
Below factor should be considered when design pallet racking system:
1. Warehouse layout, including warehouse size like width x depth x height, door location, pillar location if any, also you should consider floor situation. If the floor is not even enough, you may need to add shim plate for the post.
2. Work out the total storage capacity / turn out capacity of your warehouse, you have to know how many pallet position you need. Thus we can help calculate the qty of upright frame and beams required. To save cost, the bottom level can be placed on the ground directly.
3. Calculate the size of upright frame and beam according to pallet size and pallet number.
Then make the warehouse racking layout according to the situation.
The cargo put on pallet racking is 100% selective, which is easy to handle inventory and storage.
Under the help of material handling equipment like stacker, forklift, reach truck, the work efficiency increased a lot.
Most customer is not specialized in storage racking system. Don’t worry just send us your rough idea, T Racking will make all the rest for you.