The diagram below shows the tradeoff between regular pallet racking and double deep pallet racking. Wider aisles are required for double deep pallet racking. In order to reach the second row of pallets, the forklift needs longer forks, or extensions on the forks. The turning radius for a forklift with longer forks is going to […]
Continue readingA simple graphical overview of a double deep rack installation. This diagram gives you a 360 degree. As the camera pans around the diagram, you can clearly see how the pallets are stacked two deep in each rack. The forklift has to reach past the first rack position to reach the pallet behind it. Looking […]
Continue readingRefrigerated storage space is expensive. To make the most efficient use of this expensive warehouse floor space, pallets need to be packed as densely as possible. Yet they still need to be safely stacked. Check out the drive-in racking video below. Drive-in racks are ideal for cold storage applications. Just like a solid block of ice […]
Continue readingHere’s a great video explaining the benefits of a double deep pallet rack system. As you can clearly see from the video, the double deep pallet racks consist of two standard pallet racks beside each other. The reach truck has telescoping or extended reach forks to reach the back row of pallets. In the video, […]
Continue readingThe video below shows some double deep racks being loaded with a forklift. As you can see in the video, the forklift has specialized forks that telescope into position. At full extension the forks can reach the back pallet space, but when they are fully retracted they are the same length as a standard forklift. […]
Continue readingDrive through racks are very similar to drive in racks. In fact, they’re so similar that the terms are often used interchangeably. In both cases, the racks are designed to allow a forklift to enter the rack and retrieve pallets. However, drive in racks have access only from one direction, while drive through racks can […]
Continue readingHere’s a short video showing how easy it is to install a basic pallet rack. The key components are simply clipped together. First the uprights are held up, while the load beams are slid into place. Once the bottom load beams are attached, the other load beams can be attached without holding the uprights any […]
Continue readingI’ve tried to describe how drive in pallet racking works on the main drive-in racks page, but it’s a lot easier to visualize with a video. This drive in pallet racking video shows, with a simple computer generated graphic, how a forklift loads and unloads a drive in rack. The pallets sit on rails that […]
Continue readingHere’s a great video of an AGV being used in a Very Narrow Aisle Racking system. An AGV is an Automated Guidance Vehicle. AGV’s use laser guidance systems to follow predefined paths. For VNA, or very narrow aisle racks, a forklift cannot turn around in the aisle to face each pallet. Usually special forklifts which […]
Continue readingDrive-in racks are warehouse racks that forklifts can drive into to access the pallets. Standard selective pallet racks have load beams running horizontally across the racks to support the pallets, but a drive-in rack gets rid of the load beams to allow forklifts to enter each bay. Instead of being supported by load beams, pallets […]
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