What is Pallet Racking?

Pallet racking is also known as warehouse storage systems. This is where one bay consists of two uprights and two beam levels. When put together, it creates a large space for the storage of stock and materials on pallets.

Pallet racking systems are classed as the number one solution for warehouse operation, able to stack vertically to accentuate even more stock than regular warehouse shelving can accommodate. This allows warehouses to store a lot of stock reaching up to the roof of the warehouse where forklift operation can easily access them.

What Does Racking Do?

Racking solutions are there to create organization within a businesses operation, allowing for quick and easy access to products by storing them across a multitude of aisles.

A bespoke system for your business can be built to store a large range of bulkier and smaller items, able to separate them both. This allows for faster shipping items to closer to floor level whilst slower shipping items can be specially stored up high out of the way until they are required.

Racking is utilised in many businesses for many different reasons. Businesses such as warehouse and manufacturing, distribution centres, grow rooms, retail and grocery stores all have implemented racking systems for various uses, but they all share the same purpose – keeping stock organized and accessible.

How Much Racking is Required?

How much racking is required for your warehouse depends on how much stock you plan to hold.

Some businesses utilise a mixture of pallet racking and other warehouse storage equipment to get the best use of space. A business would usually calculate the amount of room and how many pallets they would need to store to get a broad outline of the kind of system right for their needs. Away from industrial storage racks, smaller items could be stored via the use of commercial shelving units in a far corner of the warehouse or its designated area.

The ability to have break-out rooms that hold smaller items that typically get mixed in with much bulkier items of stock means that commercial shelving plays a much more satisfactory part in warehouse operations. Pallet racking goes by other names, simply as a bay or unit – but all of them are the same product. They come in all shapes and sizes and not every one of them is suitable for your business – which is why you need to talk to experts in the field of racking solutions.

In regards to the many different types of warehouse storage systems, talking with a specialist underlines your warehouse requirements and is the most beneficial for your storage needs. Contact the team at Monarch Shelving today.