As the professional logistics using facilities, warehouse racks are widely applied in many industries such as logistics, factories, enterprises, warehouses and business users, etc. Therefore, the safety of racking system is of vital importance.
There are many different kinds of warehouse racks, many users when buying them don’t know how to evaluate the quality of warehouse racks and choosing the right ones, so often decides by price, finally they find that racks are not applicable for their warehouse or poor quality.
In this case, the users should know some basic parameters of warehouse racks as below.
1.Material of warehouse racks is the most important parameters, because it determines the performance of racks, such as load capacity, service life, etc. The main materials of storage racks are steel, cold rolled steel, angle steel and slab steel. The cheap inferior steel warehouse shelves, the security is lowest.
2.Specification of racks cannot be ignored, because this is the easiest thing to cut corners by rack manufacturers. Basically the manufacturers will not reduce the height or length of racks, but play tricks on thickness of shelves or diameter of uprights which are not noticeable. Therefore we need to measure the shelves, upright, beam and other specifications when we purchase the racks, that can ensure that the parameters of the warehouse shelves are in accordance with the contract.
3.Installation is also the important part, when we install the warehouse racks, various accessories should be buckled in place. We need to ensure the quantity and quality of setscrew in the heavy duty racks. We can shake the racks after installation to test its sturdy and strong.
4.The racks must be implemented according to the load capacity, cannot be used overweight.
The safety of the warehouse racks depends on both the rack factory strictly controlling the quality and the material, and the user’s right implementation. The both sides must be strict with themselves, so the warehouse racks would be ensured the safe use.
