Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Cantilever racks and pallet racks are pretty common sights in modern warehouses – but they can serve very different purposes. Sure, on the face they’re pretty similar. Long, tall structures designed to hold bulky goods and larger packages of inventory, usually only accessible by forklifts – sounds familiar, right? But the two of them Read the full article…
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
It’s almost funny—for all the talk there is about safe storage in the warehouse, sometimes the only option for certain items is simply to stack them all up. Obviously this needs to be done with a degree of care and safety, but for a lot of pallets and bulkier items the only real option is Read the full article…
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Pallet racks are one of the hardest-working warehouse installations you’re likely to come across. They’re expected to carry the heaviest loads in the warehouse, and due to the amount of goods being stored on them the wear and tear they encounter is constant. Yet they stand there, without complaint, patiently waiting for another forklift full Read the full article…
Wednesday, January 03, 2018
“Ah, just order whatever pallet rack is cheaper, they’re all the same, right?” Famous last words. Pallet racks are a staple of warehouses of any size or industry, but their usage and design goes far beyond simply setting them up and throwing boxes on them. Different industries, warehouses, and even regions of the world require Read the full article…
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Warehouse work, more than a lot of other industries, requires a lot of changes in elevation. There are various heights of pallet racks, rivet shelves, and other types of warehouse shelving that all requires the aid of ladders, lifts, forklifts, and more to properly reach and store items on your higher shelves. And as with Read the full article…
Monday, July 10, 2017
Some days it feels like no matter how hard you work to optimize your warehouse, there’s always a few things standing in the way of productivity. It’s nobody’s fault – your staff works as hard as they can with the tools they have, and there’s some tasks that are always going to take longer than Read the full article…
Friday, June 09, 2017
As anyone who works in a warehouse can tell you, some things are harder to put away than others. From consumer goods to industrial supplies and everything in between, there’s a lot of items that come in awkward shapes, intense weights, weird sizes, or some combination thereof. And while everyone in warehousing probably dreads Read the full article…
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Warehouses can be complicated creatures. The uninitiated might assume they’re just for storing products, but there’s actually a lot of work that goes on in there from shipping and receiving, to packaging, and even direct-to-customer sales for a lot of eCommerce businesses. But no matter what your warehouse specializes in, be it retail products, Read the full article…
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
As you’ve surely learned through your time in the industry, not all warehouses are created equal. There’s different uses and needs that each warehouse can fulfill, and as a result there’s a ton of different sizes, designs, and layouts that you can encounter. One of the most common discrepancies in warehouse design tends to Read the full article…
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Cantilever racks are an ideal system for storing several different types of item and materials that often goes misunderstood in terms of usage and design. Primarily designed for longer, thinner items, cantilever racks offer many specific advantages and uses that regular shelving is hard-pressed to provide. If you’re wondering if cantilever racks are appropriate for Read the full article… |