This article provides the most common pallet dimensions as well as materials from which they are made. Want to know how wide and long a pallet is? Here is your answer: 48 inches X 40 inches. Each wooden deck board on a pallet is 3 ½ inches wide and 5/16 inches thick. That’s 8.89 cm …
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There are three considerations for side-spacing on a pallet rack beam: fire suppression (flue), aisle dimension, and material handling equipment straddling requirements. Fire suppression – flue spacing Pallet rack is usually designed around the width of grocery pallets. A pallet rack beam is designed for each pallet width x (times) 2 or 3 pallets wide …
The importance of good pallet rack design While some will tell you that pallet rack is pallet rack, expert warehouse managers would disagree. In fact, professionals in distribution management insist that quality pallet rack, designed properly, will increase productivity and add significantly to your bottom line. Increase storage and available warehouse space with pallet rack …
ULV foggers, also known as ultra-low volume foggers, are highly versatile machines that can be used for a wide range of purposes, from sanitizing warehouses to pest control. In this blog post, we will explore what a ULV fogger is and its different uses in a warehouse setting.
With warehouse and shipping logistics becoming a billion-dollar industry, there’s more of a need than ever to have warehouse space that’s properly designed. A warehouse and its storage rack systems ensure that products are safe and secure and ready when you need them. If warehouse rack systems are poorly installed, it could lead to major issues …
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Are you preparing to build a new warehouse racking system, or upgrade an existing one? Either way, you’ll have plenty of solutions to choose from. If you want to keep things simple, start with the most popular option. The most common pallet storage racking type in the world is a selective pallet racking system. This is an affordable …
There are some standard tools you’ll need to install a basic pallet rack setup. They include the following: Basic Pallet Rack Installation Tools Tape Measure: Most businesses or households have one these. Most people have used one. This affordable measuring tool is a long tape made of fabric or metal that has incremental measurements marked …
Is pallet racking easy to install or do you need an engineer or pallet rack specialist to put it together? Do you need a pallet rack consultant every time? No not necessarily. If you don’t want the hassle or have the man power then calling a pallet rack installation team in is going to be …
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Image above courtesy of Hannibal Industries Cantilever rack is a racking system designed for storage of long, bulky, or awkward products such as rolls of carpet rolls, lumber, pipes and tubes, and other long format materials. Unlike any general purpose rack systems, cantilever racks do not have any vertical obstructions in the storage area of …
Definition: Pallet racking Pallet racking or pallet rack or simply just “racking” is a steel structure built from two or more upright frames, beams, and connectors. Racking is welded, bolted or clipped together. It is used to supporting inventory in storage in a warehouse and is considered mission critical equipment in materials handling and warehouse …
