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New 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…
Safely 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…
Purge 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…
What’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…
Drop the Welding Torch & Order Your Rack Repair Kit | Apex Safety Spotlight
Welded Rack Repairs vs Rack Repair Kit – Why It’s a No Contest Battle Pallet rack damage that is determined significant enough to compromise the integrity of the system requires repair… that is something we can all agree upon. We should also agree that when it comes to the actual pallet rack repair there is…
Double-Deep Pallet Rack – Design Tips from the Apex Experts
Double-Deep Pallet Rack is a two-deep version of the standard selective pallet rack, commonly used to boost pallet density for high-volume products. Double-deep maximizes warehousing space by reducing the number of aisles while increasing pallet storage; however, it should also be noted that these systems require a deep-reach forklift to access the rack system. Designing…
Push-Back Pallet Rack Forklift Training | Apex Video Training Series
Proper Load & Unload Techniques for Push-Back Pallet Rack Push-Back pallet rack is a high-density storage solution that relies on an arrangement of enveloping wheeled carts positioned on slightly inclined rails. Pallets are loaded and unloaded from a single aisle supporting Last-In, First-Out inventory rotation. For optimal productivity and worker safety, your warehouse team should…
Pallet Flow Rack Forklift Training | Apex Video Training Series
Proper Load & Unload Techniques for Pallet Flow Rack Pallet flow rack is a hard-working, low-maintenance and high-density pallet storage solution commonly used across industries from food distribution and grocery to automotive, retail and more. Pallet flow typically is used to support first-in/first-out inventory rotation, but it can also be configured for push-back pallet…
Drive-In Pallet Rack Forklift Training | Apex Video Training Series
Proper Forklift Training to Load & Unload Drive-In Pallet Rack We’ve installed our share of drive-in pallet rack for busy distribution centers handling large volumes of inventory with limited SKUs. It’s a great dense storage solution maximizing both warehouse space and pallet storage. Unlike standard selective pallet rack, however, drive-in rack requires the forklift to…
Protect Your Rack with a Strong Defense | Apex Safety Spotlight
Your pallet rack guards are heavy, tough and can absorb a lot of punishment, but knowing how to identify an injury and when to take them out of the game is paramount to the success of the team. No, this is not a fantasy football league we are talking about, this is real, everyday life…
