Net-Zero Steel Storage Racks Meet Buyers’ Sustainability Mandates
Just like Superman, industrial pallet rack is made of steel. How that steel is manufactured—and the associated impact on the planet—is of increasing interest to purchasers of industrial steel racking as more companies seek to minimize their environmental footprint. Sourcing ...
Learn The Basics Of How To Specify Pallet Rack
Regardless of the type of industrial steel storage rack you’re shopping for—selective, drive-in, pushback, pallet flow, cantilevered, drive-thru, dual-bay, work platforms and any other related system—you’ll need to provide several important details to the rack manufacturer. Section 2 of RMI’s ...
Where To Find New Rack Safety Products At ProMat 2023
With more than 1,000 exhibitors, you may be wondering where to find new rack safety products at ProMat 2023? Check out exhibits from members of the Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI) and members of the Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA). Their ...
Two Educational Sessions Focus On Warehouse Rack Safety At ProMat ...
Looking for insights into the safe design and utilization of industrial steel storage rack? Look no further than ProMat 2023, where members of the Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI) will present separate education sessions exploring these topics. Open to all ProMat ...
Pallet Rack Manufacturing Sustainability Drives Domestic Steel Sourcing Trends
Recognizing that being green is good for the planet and for the bottom line, U.S. manufacturers have increasingly been shifting their practices. This includes many members of the Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI). Several have implemented pallet rack manufacturing sustainability initiatives ...
Supplemental Calculations For Pallet Rack Design Engineers Illustrate Use Of ...
When the newest version of the American National Standard for pallet rack—ANSI MH16.1-2021: Design, Testing, and Utilization of Industrial Steel Storage Racks—was released by the Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI), it included significant revisions to the calculation methodologies used by engineers ...
Picking Your Racking Partner
A little bit of homework can go a long way. As you embark on your new racking project, you’ll have many partner choices to sift through. Depending on your knowledge level going in, you may not interview all that many ...
The Ins and Outs of Pallet Rack Anchoring
Anchoring is required and essential. Here’s what you need to know. Your racking systems are the heart of your warehousing storage, and ensuring safe use is essential. In most cases, racking holds multiple tons of pallets, representing thousands upon thousands ...
Understanding Seismic Requirements
Before you install new racking, learn all you need about your region’s seismic activity and how that impacts your rack selections. When it comes to earthquakes, it’s easy to think that outside of California, they’re not much of a concern ...