Commercial Racking & Structural Pallet Racks

Pallet Rack System
Pallet rack systems are material mass storage units intended to store palletized products. Pallet racks can either be built inside a warehouse, or they can be constructed in yards for specific outdoor uses. Many different design styles exist, each one made for specific storage environments and content requirements.

Although pallet racks systems can vary widely in size and design build, every system is constructed built using three basic types of components: uprights, beams, and wire deck. The weight capacities and structural strength of these components ultimately determine the build, structure, and function of the pallet rack they are used to construct.

Uprights
Upright frames are large verticals that form the structural frames of pallet racking systems. They determine how tall and how deep the unit. Each upright has two tall beams and all the necessary components that connect them together. Frame sizes range from 72" to 192" high. Some custom racks are even larger. Pallet rack depths will range anywhere from 36" to 48". Every system needs to be built with a minimum of two upright frames.

Beams
Beams are horizontal components affixed to the upright vertical frames. Easy Rack beams are made for safe and easy installation. Systems can be built with any number of beam sizes and duties. When these capacities are proportionally calculated in reference to upright capacities, a pallet racking system can be built for a specific warehouse, particular product, and specific operation. Add-ons can be used to further customize any pallet rack system to make it a truly custom solution to your unique operational and storage requirements.

Wire Decks
Not every pallet rack system uses wire deck. Structural steel is considerably stronger and is preferred for the most heavy-duty pallet racking. However, less intensive weight requirements can be accommodated just as effectively with wire decks. Wire decks are sometimes even required by municipalities with strict fire codes that mandate that no equipment be allowed to block the water from sprinkler systems. The cost benefits of reducing potential fire damage represent both preventative maintenance and possibly a reduction of insurance rates should your insurance carrier offer discounts for safety measures such as fire prevention.

There are many different pallet rack system design styles, each of which offers its own unique features, advantages, and benefits to specific storage environments and material handling applications. The most popular pallet rack system is the teardrop design, which has become virtually an industry standard in most warehousing environments. It is a very versatile design featuring a standardized “teardrop” connection that allows uprights and crossbeams made by different manufacturers to be interchanged at will.

Structural pallet rack systems are the true draft horses of the material storage world. These large, powerful units are normally bolted together. Very large structural rack built directly into the side of a building a the time of new construction.

Other designs by Easy Rack include Speed Rack, Sturdibilt, Ridg-U-Rac. Custom new and used models are available throughout the Continental United States.

How We Help You Today?
Our comprehensive inventory is designed to anticipate every challenge facing manufacturers, distributors, and warehouses. Our many storage units will transform the unused vertical cube of a building into new space that in many cases eliminates the need to move. Our wide selection in material moving equipment enables companies to find the right tool for the right job and thus eliminate safety problems and time delays by making it simpler and faster to move supplies around the building.

Our material handling and storage products fall into five major categories, each of which targets a specific area of moving products and supplies or more safely and efficiently storing them:

1. Material Handling Equipment
2. New & Used Pallet Racks
3. Industrial Shelving
4. Storage Racks
5. Ergonomic Equipment & Supplies

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Pallet Rack Design & Consultation

The type of facility and business you run determines the type of pallet rack design you need to make the most of your space and get the most from the time spent on the job.

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Easy Rack specializes in custom designs for used and new pallet racking so that businesses can get what they most need for the best price and return on investment. Each type of pallet rack we build can offer you different types of features, advantages, and benefits, depending on what industry you work in, how your business model is structured, and the current demands of your respective marketplace.

For example, if you own or operate a warehouse where you have to categorize a large number of pallets according to a wide diversity of individual skus, you probably should consider the very common—and very effective—conventional rack design. It will help you better categorize your inventory by giving you more organize storage space in which to systematically arrange a wide range of sku numbers. The conventional design also makes it very easy to access pallets by fork truck from any position on any aisle, so storage and retrieval is simple, quick, and safe. If you have a very small warehouse, we can build you a conventional-style pallet rack that is double-depth in nature and will allow you to store pallets one in front of the other.

If you run a distribution center that deals with perishable items that can only be stored for short periods of time, you probably need a system built according to the live pallet rack design. This style of pallet racking will allow you to both consolidate storage areas and get products off the rack more quickly without machinery or moving parts. It uses a simple, slightly sloping gravity-incline rack to move pallets forward when the pallet on the first row is removed. This few seconds of saved time eventually adds up to many hours of both product and profit preservation.
If you are in a commercial warehouse that has run out of space, then there are possible three pallet rack designs that can help you, depending on the exact nature of your business and length of turnaround time.

If you are storing large, diverse quantities of homogenous products that are grouped by individual type on separate pallets, and if your turnaround time is slow, then you will need a pallet rack design that uses every square inch of floor space as well as vertical cube space. We recommend the drive-in style storage rack for this, because it requires only one, possibly two, access points for forklifts to enter and exit the racking and retrieve pallets when needed.

If, on the other hand, you have a very similar situation but a HIGH turnaround, you will need a system that uses only one central aisle but still allows you access to all the pallets stored in the rack. This design is called a push-back heavy duty pallet rack because it uses trolleys and rails to slide pallets down toward the center rack when the pallet on the end is retrieved.

Finally, if you are operating a warehouse where you need separate aisles, but still need to adjust pallet racks into position, you need a mobile pallet rack designed with a motorized base that operates electronically either by manual controls or remotely via computer.

This level of customization of pallet rack design to specific applications is not something you can find just anywhere. You can find it at Easy Rack, and have exactly what you need built to specification by one our material storage and handling experts. Call us now.

Easy Rack carries a wide variety of commercial shelving, material handling equipment, commercial lighting, used pallet racks, and modular prefab buildings installed nationwide. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-888-776-3720 and we will find it for you.

Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Memphis, Tennessee, Baltimore, Maryland, Irving, Texas, Amarillo, TX, Brownsville, Texas, Grand Prairie, TX, Pasadena, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas., El Paso, Texas., Charlotte, N.C, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Seattle, Washington, Boston, Massachusetts, Denver, Colorado, Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky.