Used Pallet Racking

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Used Pallet Racking 
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• The chances are, if you have dedicated any space
  within your
• operation to storage in the form of a ware house
  or large
• stock room, then you have made some consideration
  to
• installing pallet racking in order to make the
  most of the
• room that you have available. Pallet racking
  allows you to
• create a completely orderly storage area and
  leave materials
• loaded onto pallets in order to make it a much
  more
• straightforward matter to either move them around
  an
• industrial facility or factory, or prepare them
  for external
• distribution on trucks.

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• By creating a dedicated materials storage area
  within your
• facility, and using pallet racking that is laid
  out appropriately,
• you can keep both internal and external
  distribution systems
• running as efficiently as possible, and this will
  have a major
• impact on the profitability of your company.
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• The height of the building will have a major
  impact on how
• many tiers of storage you are able to install
  within a given
• area, while other things that you will need to
  consider
• include what kind of fork lift trucks you are
  planning to
• operate, and how much space they will require
  between the
• rows of storage space that you are going to
  install.

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• The actual installation of pallet racking is a
  complex task that requires a great deal of care
  to
• be taken. Typically, racks will be loaded with
  very heavy materials, so making sure that you
• choose the highest quality structures and have
  them properly built is very important. All of
• the columns need to be firmly bolted to the
  floor, and will require shims to be placed
• underneath them where necessary to ensure that
  the actual shelving is completely
• flat this prevents loads from slipping around.
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• The actual load bearing beams need to be bolted
  properly into place, and checked before
• any load is put on them. While collapses are
  extremely rare in modern storage areas,
• improperly fitted systems can fall down, and this
  is both costly and extremely dangerous.
• For added support, diagonal supports between the
  horizontal load bearing beams can be
• installed, and the units can be bolted onto the
  wall if one is available to add to the structural
  
• strength. The most important stage once the
  building work is complete is to ensure that
• warehouse pallet racking is completely safe and
  test units with heavy loads once they are
• finished.

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• Once all of the shelving is in place, and the
  storage area is completely
• fitted out, it is vitally important that you plan
  an orderly layout for the
• materials that you will be storing so that
  commonly used items are as easy
• to reach as possible, while less common goods are
  stored in such a way as
• to prevent them getting in the way of warehouse
  staff accessing the most
• important items. A properly installed system of
  pallet racking will provide
• you with all the storage space that your business
  requires, and even space
• to grow in future by freeing up areas that were
  previously used.