How To Pick Industrial Storage Rack Decking
Decking is often part of the package when it comes to specifying and purchasing industrial steel storage racks. Getting it right is essential. That’s why the Storage Rack Decking Group, a subset of MHI’s Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI), is available ...
Revised ANSI MH26.2 Industrial Storage Rack Decking Standard Released
The Storage Rack Decking Group, a subset of MHI Industry Group the Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI), recently revised its American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard for storage rack decking. Storage rack decking rests on pallet rack beams to create a ...
Rack Manufacturers Institute Unveils New Storage Racking And Decking Infographic
With members representing the industry’s leading suppliers of industrial steel storage racks and related structural systems, the Rack Manufacturers Institute is the leading authority on pallet rack and rack decking. Also known as RMI, the organization formed in 1958. Its ...
Rack Manufacturers Institute Debuts New Logo To Celebrate 65th Anniversary
Founded in 1958, the Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI) is an MHI Industry Group and the leading racking industry association. Currently comprised of 38 members who are the industry’s top suppliers of industrial steel storage racks and related structural systems, RMI ...
How Does R-Mark Certification Benefit Storage Rack And Decking Buyers?
The Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI) recently revised and expanded its R-Mark® Certification program. Originally created in 1999, the voluntary program is for manufacturers of industrial steel storage racks and of rack decking. With the new revisions, R-Mark certification now applies ...
Rack Manufacturers Institute Updates R-Mark Certification Program
Established more than two decades ago, the Rack Manufacturers Institute’s (RMI) R-Mark® Certification program has been recently revised and expanded. While it remains a voluntary program for manufacturers of industrial steel storage racks and of storage rack decking, R-Mark certification ...
Planning Your Rack System
With the right combination of equipment, you can meet your varied customers’ needs. The complexity of warehousing operations has been on a steady increase for the past decade or so. Now add in the pandemic and explosive demand for ecommerce, ...
The “Dos And Don’ts” Of Rack Decking
Rack decking products — such as welded wire, cold-formed light gauge, bar grating, and structural lumber — are accessories placed on industrial steel storage rack beams to span the distance between them. If you plan to add these accessories to ...
Rack Safety, Design Pivotal In Growth Of MHI’s Oldest Industry ...
This article by Stephen Murdock originally appeared in the fourth quarter 2020 issue of MHI Solutions magazine and has been reprinted in its entirety with permission. The Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI), officially the oldest Industry Group in MHI, has seen ...
How Point Loads And Uniformly Distributed Loads Affect Safe Rack ...
When placed in industrial steel storage racks, a uniformly distributed load is one whose weight is evenly spread over the entire surface of the rack’s beams or deck. Conversely, a point load is one with its weight significantly concentrated in ...