Thesedays, material handling equipment manufacturers offer a variety of pallet racking systems, including selective
pallet racks, cantilever pallet racks, double dip racks, drive-in and drive-through racks, push back racks, pallet flow racks, and carton flow racks.
Started, all of these high-density storage structures allow easy handling and transportation of materials thereby increasing work processes in industries.
Takea look at the advantages of using pallet racks to handle bulk products/materials:
• Pallet system allowsproducts to be stacked on top of each other providing high storage capacity.
• The material stored in therack can be easily lifted and moved by forklift trucks or any other mechanical
equipment used in transporting the products.
• Selectable pallets arecomposed of vertical frames and beams arranged in single or double rows. This
allows for the storage of various sizes and shapes of packaged materials.
• In a selective racking system,the wing thickness can be determined by the equipment designed to transport the
material. Products placed in skids are easily accessible from the aisle.
• Corridors between selectracks allow free movement of warehouse operators as well as mechanical equipment used in storage andtransportation of materials.
· Drive-in and drive-throughracking systems with entry and exit points allow lift trucks to enter aisles to
receive products.
• Carton Flow Racks aredesigned to store cardboard cartoons. This type of racking system allows for
easy picking of fully loaded cartons as well as storage of other products in the
rack at the same time.
