Drive in Warehouse Racking

Drive in warehouse racking adopts the pallet access mode, which is suitable for the storage of goods with few varieties but large scales. Drive-in warehouse racking system eliminates the need for goods-picking aisles. It is a type of racking that effectively improves the utilization rate of the warehouse, and the utilization rate of the warehouse space can be up to 80%.

Components of Drive-in Warehouse Racking

• Upright Frame: The upright frame is the most important part of the drive-in warehouse racking system. It provides the major support to the whole system. It is consisted of uprights columns and bracings.
• Top Beam: The beams on the top part of the drive-in warehouse racking system are called top beam, they offer balance on the top of each bay.
• Top Bracing: Top bracing compared with top beams, to connect the system on top of each bay. The parts are connected by buckles or nuts.
• Double Support Arm: Double-side arms are the gadgets that hold pallet rails. They are anchored on the upright posts, which are mostly in orange.
• Single Support Arm: Single-side arms, just like double-sided arms, are also used to provide support for the pallet rails. The only difference is that the needs of single-sided arms are much less than double-sided arms, since only the start bay and end bay require single-sided arms to hold pallet rail.
• Support Arm Rail: The rails are where you lay your pallets on. You lay your pallets between two rails, where the pallets can be pushed into the deepest position of the system to leave empty space for new coming pallets. Without rails, the drive-in racking is unable to work.
• Post Protector: Usually colored in yellow, most post protectors are in bold color for forklift to avoid the vulnerable part of the racking system. Post protectors are mainly designed to protect the uprights for racking safety.
• Floor Guide Rail: Floor guide rail is designed to guide the forklift drivers to move safely in the racking system. It can smartly and quickly stop forklift wheels before hit the racking system. This is additional component but we suggest it used in each drive-in racking project.

Applications of Drive-in Warehouse Racking

Drive-in warehouse racking system provides many advantages and it cuts the use of additional aisles. The pallets can be easily loaded one by one and next to each other. The following goods are adopt the drive-in racking system to make the most use of the warehouse space.

• Food and beverage goods
• Chemical and barrel storage
• Refrigerated warehouses
• Agricultural products like rice and oil