The Two of Very Best Pallet Racking Systems

Ever since pallets became the pillar of existence of warehouses and storage industry, since then only, pallet racking systems have been a very robust support system as well. There have emerged different systems in the industry, but a common fact about all of them is that they are stable, robustly built, versatile and expandable. Apart from this, they are extremely safe and have a long-lasting value. Apart from the reasons cited above, there are plenty of other reasons too to buy one of the following mentioned below.

Selective pallet racking systems

This is perhaps the most popular and the most economical form available in the markets. The reason is that it can provide 100 percent selective storage up to 12.8 meters in height and with this; they allow warehouse managers to utilize the vertical space completely.

• They can be designed to meet specific requirements arising at different warehouses and can be compatible to any pallet size or weight.
  
• Another attribute is that it can be used in conjunction with all types of lift trucks.
  
• There is a really wide range of accessories available to accommodate the non-standard weight as well.
  

Listed below are some notable advantages

• Enables good stock rotation
  
• Enables good order picking and offers 100 percent selectivity
  
• Offers high quality product protection
  
• Uses low floor area very well as 30 percent of the net area is used from the overall warehouse area
  
• There is limited pallet redundancy as the system can run at 95 percent capacity with the help of a compatible warehousing management system
  

Double deep pallet racking systems

According to pallet racking suppliers, this version can increase the storage by 33 percent. It is also known as a derivative to the version, we were discussing above and therefore, it requires the involvement of specialist reach trucks or an attachment fitted to a reach truck. Despite increasing the capacity by 30 percent, only 50 percent of the stored pallets can be instantly accessed.

• But pallet racking suppliers say that this is an excellent system that can be used to increase the capacity of a warehouse especially, when alternative solutions are not present.
  
• Another fact is that they are a cost effective solution that maintains the capacity of a warehouse and also maintains the cost to a lower level.
  
• This can be a perfect solution in cases where a higher number of homogenous pallet types is not needed.
  
• This version of warehouse shelving and racking can be considered an excellent method for increasing warehouse capacity in cases where exercising drive-in version is not possible. The reason is that it does not require higher number of homogenous pallets as required in the drive-in version.
  

Advantages

• Helps in increasing the capacity by up to 30 percent or even more in some cases
  
• A low cost alternative to drive-in racking system
  
• The redundancy rate can run between 10-20 percent,  depending upon the quality of the exercised WMS