Industrial metal pallet racking is crucial for optimising storage space in warehouses across a wide range of sectors, from automotive to pharmaceutical and cosmetics, or however for the stockage of large and cumbersome goods.
These systems provide an efficient solution for handling heavy goods or products stored on pallets.
Thanks to their versatility, durability, and ability to maximise available space, pallet racking is the optimal choice for industrial storage solutions.
What are pallet racking systems?
Pallet racking systems are essential for efficient pallet management, ensuring quick and safe access to goods.
Their modular, robust steel structure allows for the storage of pallets on multiple levels, making a strategic use of the vertical space in the warehouse.
Each level is designed to support heavy loads, ensuring the stability and safety of the entire system.
Versatility for Every Requirement
Pallet racking systems are highly adaptable to different storage needs, offering various configurations:
- Traditional pallet racking: The classic solution for efficient storage using forklifts. Forklifts access goods by moving through aisles between individual bays.
- Mobile racking: In this system, the racking units are mounted on motorised mobile bases that move laterally on tracks, allowing only the aisle required to access specific items to be opened.
- FIFO (First In, First Out): This configuration ensures optimal stock rotation, with pallets moving on rollers through gravity, so that the first stored pallet is the first to be retrieved.
- LIFO (Last In, First Out): Designed for stock management using the LIFO method, where the last pallet placed on the racking is the first to be retrieved. The forklift places a new pallet, pushing the previous ones towards the back of the aisle.
- Semi-automated systems: Motorised shuttles manage the retrieval and placement of pallets within aisles, controlled remotely by an operator using a tablet.
Pallet racking systems are indispensable for companies in all sectors that require efficient pallet storage and management, from large logistics and manufacturing companies to businesses in cosmetics, fashion, food, and retail.
Main components
- Frames: vertical elements that form the supporting structure of the racking.
- Diagonals: metal profiles that diagonally connect the uprights to reinforce the load capacity and improve the stability of the structure.
- Beams: horizontal elements attached directly to the frames. Pallets are placed on these beams or on shelves.
- Shelves: shelving components that rest on the beams to support the load. These are available in different materials, such as mesh or metal, depending on the type of goods.
- Load stabilisers: metal profiles placed perpendicular to the beams to improve load stability and prevent items from falling off the racking.
- Safety systems: devices used to enhance the safety of the products, racking, and operators, including side protections, upright and beam guards, anti-fall nets, and impact guides.
Advantages of metal pallet racking systems
Metal pallet racking systems offer several key advantages, including:
- Allowing operators easy access to pallets and stored goods, promoting high stock rotation and efficient warehouse management.
- Their modular design makes them ideal for adapting to evolving storage needs, with the option to expand or reconfigure the system as required.
- Manufactured from high-quality steel, these racking systems are capable of supporting heavy loads over time without risk of deformation or damage.
- Helping keeping warehouses organised and secure, making it easier to locate and retrieve goods while minimising the risk of product damage.
- With a wide range of accessories and configurations available, the racking can be tailored to suit any load weight or volume.
- Their anti-slip, sway-proof design ensures structural stability and enhanced seismic resistance throughout the system.
Main applications of metal pallet racking systems
Thanks to their adaptability and versatility, pallet racking systems are the most common and widely used storage solution.
They are used in the following stockage applications:
- Storage of multiple reference load units.
- Storage where direct access to each load unit is required.
- High-rotation storage of non-homogeneous and different products.
- Storage of non-standard load units requiring specific accessories, such as coils, drums, and containers.
- Warehouses requiring a combination of pallet racking and picking.
Iron Fist: the metal pallet racking system designed, engineered, and patented by ROSSS
Iron Fist is a secure, robust, durable, and easy-to-assemble solution, specifically designed to meet the challenges of heavy-duty storage. This racking system is characterised by its structure, composed of only two fundamental elements: frames and beams, which are assembled using a simple interlocking mechanism without the need for bolts.
Manufactured exclusively from certified structural steel, Iron Fist features an innovative double C-beam, which guarantees a load capacity exceeding double the standard requirement. Thanks to the cross-bracing design, Iron Fist’s frames evenly distribute forces across the structure, further enhancing its load-bearing capacity.
However, the reliability of the Iron Fist system goes beyond merely supporting heavy loads without deformation. The structure also resists oscillations and seismic stresses, thanks to the high interlocking coefficient of the beam-upright connection and the ground anchoring system, which utilises four threaded bars per foot.
With Iron Fist, ROSSS offers an innovative solution that combines safety, durability, and ease of installation. This advanced heavy-duty storage system represents the ideal choice for those seeking top performance in terms of both quality and safety.
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