When your load is case-picked, relatively light, and smooth, column flow racks allow you to create storage density and increase the number of pick faces.
How to Quadruple the Number of Pick Faces in Carton Flow
Tags: distribution center, Carton flow rack, gravity flow systems, Order Picking & Fulfillment, warehousing, Material Handling
Posted in Order Picking & Fulfillment|
Can Your Floor Bear the Weight of a New Mezzanine?
Be sure your floor can handle a structure – and all the weight or activity planned for that structure
We’ve created an informative article you should check out if you are thinking of installing a mezzanine in your facility.
When implementing an Industrial Equipment Platform (mezzanine) be sure that you are not putting too much stress or weight on the floor of the building. Too much weight will cause the floor to crack – or worse. This article tells you how to calculate the correct load capacity and column spacing for any new structural mezzanine project. Floor capacity depends on the thickness of the concrete, but that’s not the end of the story. It also matters how much the soil underneath the slab will compress.
Click “Calculating Mezzanine Floor Capacities” to get the whole story…
Tags: warehousing, Material Handling, order fulfillment, Mezzanines, industrial storage, productivity, work platforms
Posted in Mezzanines & Industrial Platforms|
Pallet Frames and Overall Capacities
Since overloading is a common source of pallet rack collapses, (in fact misapplication, including capacity issues, is the top cause) it’s important to understand how much weight your rack – not just your beams – can bear.
Tags: safe rack loading, Material Handling, Pallet Rack, rack capacity
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
How to Intermingle New & Used Pallet Rack Components
When you are running an operation with lots of racking, it isn’t uncommon to have to replace an occasional upright or beam, or to add new bays onto an existing row. Sometimes you cannot avoid it, as the rack was purchased years ago, by someone else, or from a source you can’t even locate. It might be that you bought used rack and need to fill some gaps in, or it may be perfectly good, 10-year old rack that just needs some damaged components replaced.
This is done all the time, and although it isn’t an optimum situation for rack stability and safety, you can minimize the issues by following the following guidelines:
Tags: Material Handling, Pallet Rack, warehouse safety, storage, industrial accident prevention, beams, uprights, warehousing
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
10 Questions: Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor Specification
A few months ago, we posted a Guide to Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors (you might find it useful if you’re looking at any application that moves a load up and down at least one level integrated with a shaft, mezzanine or other area). That guide includes the following questions, should be helpful as you move ahead with your project.
Tags: Automation, warehousing, Material Handling, vertical lifts, vrc, mezzanine lifts
Posted in Lifting & Lift Systems|
More Pallet Rack Safety Tips
Safety in warehouses tends to be greatly about the interactions between forklifts, pallet racks, people and stored products. This list of rack safety tips is part of our ongoing efforts to help warehouses operate safely and efficiently.
Tags: industrial accident prevention, Material Handling, Pallet Rack, warehouse safety, storage
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
Wire Pallet Rack Deck Capacities: What You Need to Know
Craig Chamberlain has an article over at the MHEDA Edge website that you need to read if you use pallet rack wire decking.
Here’s the money quote:
“Decking can, and often does, directly bear the total weight of the application’s load and transfers that load to the beams of the pallet rack. Regardless of the weight-bearing capacity of the rack’s beams, an improperly overrated deck can and will jeopardize the load-bearing capacity of the entire system and result in a failure.”
Tags: Material Handling, Pallet Rack, OSHA, warehouse safety, facilities maintenance, wire rack decking
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
Palletizer Perspectives: Is Palletizing Suitable for My Operation?
With the growing popularity of automating the palletizing function, we arranged an interview with vonGAL, a leading manufacturer who has the largest installed base of palletizers in the country. Bobby Edmond is vonGAL’s Director of Applications, and has been in the business for 25 years. He has seen applications in a wide range of industries, and in companies large and small. I asked him if he would take time to share his thoughts, and answer a few questions of interest to those that might be considering palletizing for the first time.
Tags: warehousing, Material Handling, shipping, order fulfillment, Palletizers, palletizing, Factory Automation
Posted in Automation, Labor & Efficiency|
Options for Mobile Weighing Technologies in the Warehouse
In dynamic distribution environments, accurate, fast weighing, counting, and dimensioning systems are more important than ever. This is particularly true in 3PLs and other operations where needs often change. Getting it right, and getting it quickly has become increasingly more important. One way is to utilize the newer mobile weighing systems on the market today.
Tags: warehousing, Material Handling, scales, industrial weighing systems, inventory accuracy
Posted in Warehousing & Distribution|
How to Minimize Forklift Impacts on Pallet Racks
Pallet racks take a beating over time. They get loaded with exceptionally heavy pallets, by exceptionally powerful lift trucks over and over throughout the course of years. Chances are that if you have pallet rack in your warehouse, it’ll get hit at some point. When it does, inspecting (and generally replacing) it is your best course of action. But what about avoiding that hit, or its dangerous aftermaths in the first place?
Tags: warehouse safety, facilities maintenance, Material Handling, Pallet Rack, OSHA
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|