Racks To Ensure safety in a Warehouse

A warehouse is a basic piece of any manufacturing, logistics or value chain operations. It is imperative to keep all compoments and areas of a warehouse in prime condition with the assistance of standard cleaning and upkeep. Information demonstrates that better composed and normal kept up warehouse prompts to higher operational security, profitability and productivity. Read more

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Double Deep Racking & Its Advantages

A query that frequently strikes a warehouse or logistic managers of any warehouse is whether to add more space to the warehouse or use what is provided to them. Since the warehouse managers are persistently looking out means and ways of organizing a warehouse to meet new demands.
Some of the demands can be

  • Increase efficiency of the warehouse
  • Number of SKU’s in the warehouse has amplified
  • Number of SKU’s in the warehouse has amplified

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Tips For Effiecient Storage System & Management

A little bit of planning ahead to make sure your storage unit is organized can save you from a bunch of headaches later on. Here are nine simple tips to help organize a storage unit so that you can find what you need with ease. For any storage system, it is mandatory to have and efficient storage plans that enables, easy retrieval and storage mechanism.

Following can be considered while planning an efficient storage system for efficient working. Read more

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What is right for your storage system: Industrial Shelving Or Pallet Racking

Most common thought that can come to a mind while designing is racking and shelving storage system is , the need of shelves or racks?
The answer really depends on the type of items that are being stored . If you’re going to store handpicked items, then probably you can opt the shelving solution for storage of items because you’ll more than likely hand-select what you need,eg pharmaceutical products. But, If you are storing large volumes of similar products like shoes, sporting goods, or toys, food items, eetc you would probably want a pallet rack system because these items are usually bound in stacks on pallets. Read more

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Storage Solutions for Documents & Records

For any storage solutions for documents & Records, it is generally recommended to choose steel shelving with an appropriate weight capacity that can efficiently handle the records loads of any organizations. Some suggestions that will help you choose the best storage solutions for documents & Records application to any organization that can be private of government. Read more

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Heavy Duty Pallet Racks That provides Safety & Durability

Durability and Safety in a Pallet racking system has always been a prime concern for both pallet racks system manufactures and also the end user of the pallet racking system deployed for various storage solution. Breach of safety can not only damage a huge inventory, but also human life, that’s priceless. While designing the pallet racking system certain safety and durability constraints should always be considered.Pallet racking system should be so designed that it provide a heavy duty pallet racking system for more robust material handling environment. The Heavy duty industrial pallet rack should also provide all safety measure to refrain from any disasters.

Pallet Racks Designs for Durability

  • Material : structural vs. roll-formed
  • Horizontal spacing
  • Boxed or double columns
  • Rub rails / heavy horizontals at the floor
  • Post protectors / bull noses
  • Multiple anchors
  • Bolt in pallet supports
  • Load Density

Safety Accessories that are used in pallet racking system

  • Safety Bar – Pallet rack safety bars are used in pallet rack for added pallet fall protection. Safety bars connect from the front to the back of the cross beams.
  • Safety Beam Clip – Safety beam clips are found on pallet rack cross beams. These clips create a safety connection between the upright frame and the cross beam. The most common style of a pallet rack clip is the universal safety drop pin.
  • Safety Netting – Safety Netting Is made of a nylon or plastic mesh placed on the back of rack systems for increased safety and fall protection.
  • Wire Mesh Deck – Wire mesh decks are made of welded wire that rests on the beams of the racking system, creating a shelf level for added protection from falling pallets or products. Most wire decks have support channels welded on the bottom of the wire for increased load support capacity.

Some of the preventive maintenance for the Pallet racking system that should be regularly practiced are as follows

  • Ensure that the racks are inspected for damage on a periodic basis
  • Develop repair criteria for damage
  • Ensure that all re-profiling is reviewed by vendor’s engineering department
  • DO NOT utilize repair kits unless approved by original rack manufacturer
  • Insist on driver training certification for all new  operators, and recertification for existing at  appropriate intervals
  • When damage occurs, immediately unload bay until  repair is completed

CONTACT US FOR ALL YOUR STORAGE RACKS REQUIREMENTS
Also Check various components and terminoliies that are used while fabrication a pallet racking system

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Cantilever Racks are They Better Than Standard Pallet Racks

Cantilever racks are considered to be more superior storage solution for various storage solution as compared to conventional pallet racks, Some feature of a cantilever racks that makes more acceptable for storage solution as compared to the standard storage solutions. Cantilever racks provides higher storage density and is a robust storage structure with low maintenance cost to provide heavy duty cantilever racks for industrial storage solutions.

Cantilever racks are:

  • Easier to use and deploy for storage solution: Since the cantilever racks come with no front column in the way and provides less obstruction is loading and unloading operation of goods.. This makes cantilever racks are faster to load and unload and lowers the operation cost incurred for handling of goods and not forgetting the time saves
  • Cantilever racks are more flexible: Cantilever racks are most preferred storage solution as compare to pallets racks mainly for long products that can be placed in entire length. This is one reason why cantilever racks are frequently opted by manufacturers of long section tube and steel mills making long bars. Cantilever rocks are embraced as storage solution by wood and lumber industry, for storing long lumber sections. At times cantilever racks used for lumber storage are termed as cantilever lumber racks.
  • Cantilever Racks are more compact: Sine there is not front a front column in cantilever racks storage solution, it provides more horizontal loading area and space that are lost by columns in other storage rack structure. Provide higher clearance for loading and unloading of goods stored on cantilever racks.
  • Cantilever Racks More selective: The loading and unloading is very easy, since any load or storage slot is immediately accessible, due to absence of front column.
  • Cantilever Racks are more cost effective:  Sine the loading unloading operation reduces time, it saves on handling cost. The storage density also increases in cantilever racks making it more cost-effective and economical. Additionally, cantilever racks become more economical as load length increases, while standard pallet racks increase in costs.

At out company we are renowned manufacturers of cantilever racks in India. we have deployed heavy duty cantilever racks for various industries catering to diversified storage solution. We have a global foot print for our storage solution products and the cantilever racks that we manufacture are supplied under an established brand name of GIRAFFE. Contact us for all your requirement of cantilever racks for your storage solution. We fabricate single side cantilever racks and double side cantilever racks. The cantilever racks can be wall mounted or floor based structure all depends on your requirement.

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Pallet Rack System Components

Pallet racking system is one of the most common racking and storage solutions that is deployed for storage of various goods. The complete structure of pallet racks is fabricated with use of various components. To design and fabricate the pallet racks, one should deeply understand the various common terminologies or the pallet racks components used in the fabrication of pallet racks storage system

Some terminologies or Components used in a Pallet Racking System are covered below Read more

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Metal Pallet Vs Wooden Pallet

Metal pallets have been gradually replacing the wooden pallets mainly as metal pallets have various advantages over the wooden pallets. The advantage of using a metal pallets or steel pallets over wooden pallet is based on some of the following parameter.

SAFETY IN PALLETS

  • Metal Pallets: Excellent in providing all safety as the metal pallets are non breakable, does not contaminate and easy to decontaminate
  • Wood Pallets: Provides low safety as compared to metal pallets as wooden pallets are easily breakabe, causes splinters, protruding Nails, easy to contaminate and very difficult to decontaminate.

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Compactors For Mobile Shelving

Mobile shelving by deplying Mobile Racks are modern age solution for new office, and institutional operations. Various manufacturer of Mobile racking and shelving solution have thier own desired expertise and skill in supplies of Mobile Racks (Compactor). This product is the basic requirement of all the modern work place for the smooth functioning of the office. It has really become a solution to the secrecy issues regarding the office secrets anywhere in the world and thus arises the need of the clients for selected Compactors Storage. Mobile Rack Compact Storage System offer many advantages which make it the utility item of today. These can store ample amount of office items, material and much more. The Compactor Storage Systems are required by many industries to fulfill various demands of safety storage and movement of property from one place to another. These racks stand rock in tough conditions of Indian workplace. Read more

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