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Pallet Rack Design – Is Your Aisle Width Working FOR or Against You?
Ok, so we’re poking a little fun here, but in all seriousness, it’s critically important to define aisle width in your pallet rack design layout properly. Basically, it’s a financial boon if you do it right and a bust if you do it wrong because the types of forklifts you choose will directly affect your…
Your Selective Rack May Look Great but Is It Safe? How to Check…
Crucial 6:1 Height to Depth Ratio Holds the Key to Safe Selective Rack Selective pallet rack is a simple go-to warehouse storage option… except if it ends up twisted in a heap on the ground and you’ve compromised your business and the safety of your employees. The good news is that it’s easy to get…
Going Up? Mezzanines – Looking at Freestanding vs Rack Supported
Mezzanines or work platforms are an excellent way to take advantage of often underutilized warehouse “cube” space. By cube we mean the 3rd dimension… not just square footage but vertical space too. You’re paying for the whole inside of your facility, so why not maximize every bit of it, right? Mezzanines can support office space,…
Weighing the Options for Selective Pallet Rack Depth
Pros & Cons of Using 42” vs. 48” Deep Uprights with Standard 48”x 40” Pallets Industry experts agree that selective racking is the most common type of pallet racking. It’s relatively simple in form and versatile enough to be used across a variety of storage applications. The main components of selective pallet rack are…
Safeguard Your Drive-In Rack with Rack Protection Design Tips
Drive-In pallet rack is a high-density solution for high volume storage of low rotation or limited individual SKU products. Drive-in is unique because it uses left and right-side rails on which to rest the pallets without under-mounted beam support. The rails run the full depth of the rack system which can be designed to be…
Pallet Rack Frame Bracing: To Weld or To Bolt… That is the Question
What is the Difference Between Welded and Bolted Pallet Rack Frames? At Apex we design and integrate both bolted and welded pallet rack frames in our storage rack systems. Sometimes we are asked if we prefer one design type over the other and the answer is (as is common in warehousing system design)… “Well, that…
A Few Well-Chosen Accessories Can Reinvent a Whole Lot of Pallet Rack
Shelving options and more open up a world of storage possibilities… While basic pallet racking consists simply of columns and beams, there are a lot of affordable, easy-to-install, standard accessories for both structural and roll-formed selective pallet racking, as well as cantilever racking that can help you easily customize and tailor your system to perform…
Pallet Shuttle Automation Takes Dense Storage & Multi-Tasking to New Levels
Pallet shuttle storage systems are a semi-automated deep-lane storage solution that can increase throughput while freeing-up warehousing staff to focus on other tasks. The elements of a pallet shuttle system consist of a shuttle driven by a battery operated or electric motor that runs along specially designed rails installed inside the storage lanes. The shuttle…
Join Us for a “Drive-Thru” Pallet Racking
Deep-lane Drive-In & Drive-Thru Pallet Rack Unique System Options There’s certainly more than one way to store a pallet and several options to achieve high pallet density. You’ve probably heard a lot about “deep-lane” storage for example. Well, deep-lane storage can be achieved through a variety of pallet racking systems – pallet flow is an…
Pallet Flow Rack… It’s a One in 2 Billion Solution
According to PackagingRevolution.net, there are roughly 2 billion (yes that’s “b” for billion) pallets in the U.S. As a supplier in the warehousing industry, we see a lot of pallets, and we see a lot of business owners striving to find space so they can add SKUs and still fill orders faster and more accurately. …
