How to choose storage shelves

Storage shelves are one of the important equipment in modern warehousing and logistics activities. Many customers have the need to purchase shelves, but they do not know which type of shelves to use and what design scheme to use in their warehouses to support their daily warehousing activities. This is also an issue of not clearly indicating the selection of suitable storage shelves.

Here, Guichang shelves will briefly outline how to handle these issues.

The impact of key attributes of goods on the selection of shelves. Storage shelves are used to store goods, and the properties of these goods naturally affect the selection of shelves. Clarify the attributes of most of the goods in the company, whether there are multiple categories of goods, and how frequently the goods are rotated. If the goods are large and complete, with a relatively uniform quantity, and the turnover logistics of the goods are average, beam type shelves and high-level heavy-duty shelves are suitable choices. If there are few types of goods and a large number of single goods with high turnover, intensive storage shelves such as through type, shuttle type, gravity type shelves are needed.

Reasonably select and configure shelves based on the properties of the warehouse room. As a place to store goods and shelves, the internal environment of a warehouse also affects the selection of shelves. It is necessary to arrange the installation positions of shelves reasonably according to the internal structure of the warehouse. Different structures of shelves are suitable for placement in appropriate positions, so as to make them more user-friendly and convenient. If the warehouse structure is simple and the area is large, it is necessary to design and optimize a plan that not only maximizes the utilization of warehouse space, but also takes into account the ease of movement of personnel and other equipment.

The load-bearing capacity of the warehouse floor affects the selection of storage shelves. The ground bearing capacity of the warehouse is one of the attributes of storage, which was established during the construction of the warehouse and needs to be obtained from the contractor. It is obvious that this plays an important reference role in the selection of storage shelves and must be clarified, otherwise it can easily cause safety issues. If the ground can only bear a weight of about one ton, but a shelf with a load-bearing capacity of three tons is designed for use, it will inevitably cause the ground to sink, resulting in deformation or even collapse of the shelf. However, this situation rarely occurs, and during the shelf design phase, there will be clear calculations of relevant parameters.

The impact of loading and unloading equipment on shelf selection. Usually, storage shelves are high and large, and there is operating space between each row of shelves for equipment. The existing handling equipment in the warehouse affects the design of shelf schemes and the selection of shelf types. Many times, when we customize shelves for customers, they will ask us to choose the corresponding cargo handling equipment, such as forklifts, lifting platforms, stackers, etc.

There are many factors that affect the selection of storage shelves, such as the quantity of shelves purchased, the budget for purchasing shelves, the company's equipment and automation level, which will provide many references for the procurement of storage shelves. However, these issues are not difficult for us, the warehouse shelf manufacturing companies that provide integrated services. We will obtain extremely accurate information through communication and on-site work in the customer's warehouse environment to form shelf solutions.