Pallet Racking

The most common system found in most warehouses that require some form of pallet racking. Wide aisles (2.8M –3.5M) allow for the use of a variety of standard Forklift Trucks (such as a Reach or Counterbalance Truck) whilst maintaining single pallet selectivity meaning that any pallet within the system can be accessed at any one time. Modern Articulated forklift trucks (such as the Flexi / Bendi / Aisle Master) can work in aisles as little as 1.8M meaning standard wide aisle pallet racking is becoming ever more popular again for many warehousing applications.

Systems are available to suit virtually any pallet specification and this system is an excellent starting point for any new facility using pallets.

This is the way to get the highest density of pallet storage capacity without block-stacking your pallets. In drive-in racking, a standard forklift drives into the lanes with the pallet and locates it onto cantilevered rails.

This system is suited to operations where you require a lot of storage of a similar product or where space is at a premium, such is in a cold store. This is because drive-in racking works on a ‘first in – last out’ basis (FI-LO) and is not ideal for single pallet selectivity as you have to clear a full lane at a time to get pallets from the back.

A good way to get the highest density of storage capacity without block stacking your pallets as long as you don’t need to go more than four pallets deep. This system works with one access face which is used for loading and off-loading the system.

Pallets are placed in to roller or trolley lanes at the loading face which are then ‘Pushed-Back’ each time a fresh pallet is put at the front meaning you get a ‘First In – Last Out’ (FI-LO) scenario similar to Drive-In Racking. However, the difference between this and Drive-In Racking is that you can off-load by level rather than by having to empty a full lane.This can be accessed using most types of forklift truck.

This system is suited to operations where space is on a premium but you have storage of several different types of product that needs to be relatively easily accessed (such as in a freezer store).

This works in a similar way to standard Wide Aisle Pallet Racking except that two standard bays are placed double-deep or back to back. Pallets are stored in the same way as wide aisle pallet racking except that they are stored two pallets deep and are accessed by specialist forklift trucks with ‘Telescopic Forks’ allowing them to reach in to the pallet location behind.

This system offers good storage capacities although single pallet selectivity is affected as you would need to remove the front pallet to gain access to the rear pallet which can dramatically increase picking times.

This system is similar to standard Wide Aisle Pallet Racking but where the standard system falls down because it can’t get to the required weight capacity, Heavy Duty Racking steps up to the plate. This is for bay loadings of typically 20,000Kgs plus or loads per level in excess of 4,000Kgs (depending on level overall dimensions). The way we achieve this is by moving away from standard manufactured racking parts and going to Structural Universal Beam (UB) Sections more commonly found in buildings. These are bespoke designed to your specific loads and environment to achieve the required capacity. These are usually accessed by High Capacity Counterbalance Forklifts.