Posts by APEXcos
6 Steps to a Spotless Safety Record | Apex Safety Spotlight
Stop for a minute and think about trash. Every day your goal is to meet demand, but no matter what systems you’ve installed to make that happen, sloppy, messy, carelessness can stand in the way of success… and cost you a bundle in efficiency and worker claims. If you think about it for even just…
Read MoreWarehouse Fire Safety Compliance | Apex Safety Spotlight
Warehouse Fire Safety –Compliance and Beyond! Compliance with established warehouse fire safety codes is a given. The codes are essential and designed to prevent dangerous warehouse conditions that could lead to a fire. Codes also ensure that systems design and suppression measures are in place to enable an evacuation of personnel should a fire begin.…
Read MoreWhat are the Most FAQs about Apex Rack Repair App?
Apex Rack Repair App is Ready to Supply the Answers The Apex Rack Repair App harnesses the powerful technology of today to streamline and perfect the traditional warehouse pallet rack inspection. By simplifying the process, we hope to make rack safety inspections more routine to improve overall warehouse safety and catch potential danger before…
Read MoreTransverse Vs. Longitudinal Flue Spaces
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), there are two types of flue spaces to consider when designing a pallet racking storage system for your warehouse: Transverse and Longitudinal Flue Spaces. See example below. Transverse Flue Space: Orientating yourself towards the racking face, this is the space between the product being stored parallel…
Read MoreComing to Terms with the Material Handling Word Soup – Pallet Rack Glossary
Apex Shares Helpful Pallet Rack Glossary While no business is immune to confusion and mistakes due to miscommunication, we find that common terms and phrases are anything but common in the material handling & warehousing sector. Given that the average facility has potentially millions of moving parts, it’s critical that your team rely on a…
Read MoreGive Your Pallet Rack a Little Space – The 411 on Row Spacers
Pallet rack row spacers can take the form of steel bars, channels, or rods. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be painted, unfinished or galvanized. They connect upright to upright in configurations where rows of pallet rack are positioned back-to-back while allowing space between them. Why is any of that…
Read MoreNew East Coast Facility Better Serves Expanding Pallet Rack Market
Welcome to our New Quick Ship Warehouse in Emporia, Virginia which opened for business earlier this year. With this new facility we have over 45,000 sq. ft. of storage space to support Apex’s growing new and used pallet rack business. Just head to our website Inventory page. There you can search for new and like-new pallet…
Read MoreSafely Steer Your Drive-In Rack Operation | Apex Safety Spotlight
Drive-in pallet rack is a high-density, deep-lane storage system configured to maximize warehouse space while storing high-volume SKUs. The rack is compact and efficient but requires a proficient forklift driver to carefully drive into the drive-in lane for pallet put-a-way and retrieval. Pallets are placed on heavy-duty rails that run the full depth of…
Read MorePurge Your Push-Back Rack from Pallet Captivity
How to Safely Clear a Clogged Push-Back Pallet Rack Lane Push-back pallet rack is a popular dense-storage method for warehouse operations across a wide variety of industries. It’s an efficient gravity flow solution designed for last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory rotation and it typically functions trouble-free. Quick Recap – How Push-Back Works: Pallets are placed on…
Read MoreWhat’s the Net for Guarding Your Pallet Rack? | Apex Safety Spotlight
Secure Pallet Rack Content Easily & Economically with Safety Netting Pallet rack netting is a smart, economical safety accessory attached at higher rack levels to prevent inventory, cartons or debris from falling through the rack system. Safety netting is the umbrella term used for all net-based rack guarding methods used to enhance warehouse safety…
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