Advantages of warehouse drive in pallet racks

Drive-in pallet racks are mainly composed of uprights, beams, brackets, rail beams, floor rails, feet and other accessories. Each layer can be adjusted up and down by 50mm or 75mm pitch. Forklifts can drive into the rack channel for storage and retrieval operations. They are suitable for the storage and retrieval of goods with a small variety and large batches.

Features of drive-in pallet racks

Pallets are stored in depth, with high storage density and high warehouse utilization.

First-in-first-out, but the forklift must drive into the warehouse rack channel to operate.

It’s usually recommended to control the depth of 7 cargo spaces for single-sided storage and 12 cargo spaces for double-sided storage and retrieval, so as to improve the efficiency and reliability of forklift storage and retrieval.

Configure guide rails to increase the speed of forklift operation.

Rack height should be controlled within 10 m, and a tightening device should be added.

Single pallet load should not be too heavy, usually controlled within 1.5 T, pallet size should not be greater than 1.5 m, usually equipped with forward forklift or counterbalanced forklift.

Warehouse drive-in racks adopt an assembled structure. Goods are stored one after another on the brackets along the depth of the racks. According to statistics, drive-in racks can achieve the highest storage density, the effective space utilization rate can be increased to 90% at most, and the site area utilization rate can reach more than 60%. From the perspective of economic benefits, according to the lifting height of commonly used forklifts and the conventional scheme of three-layer racks, the effective storage capacity of the warehouse can be increased by more than 90%.

However, drive-in pallet racks also have a certain scope of application.

Suitable for food, beverage, chemical, dairy products, tobacco, cold storage and other industries with few varieties and large batches.

Suitable for places with high space costs, which can greatly improve space utilization and reduce operating costs.

Suitable for warehouses that store a large number of similar goods and have high requirements for warehouse space utilization.

When a forklift enters the shelf to store or retrieve goods, the safety of personnel must be taken seriously. Enterprises should do a good job of cleaning the racks, correcting the racks, not overloading, performing regular maintenance, and adding protective equipment to ensure safety.