Comprehensive Resources For Safe Rack Design, Use Detailed In RMI’s ...
The safe use of a storage rack system is key to the ongoing productivity of a warehousing operation. That’s why members of RMI will both share insights from the current standards for the design, testing and utilization of industrial steel ...
Hour-Long RMI Webinar Overviews Rack Safety 101
Several members of RMI recently hosted an online learning session to educate participants on the fundamentals of rack assembly, installation, operator training, inspections and maintenance. The “Rack Safety 101” webinar—available for free—highlights the best practices in industrial steel storage rack ...
Have Questions About Rack Design? Watch This RMI Educational Session
In a two-part presentation delivered by RMI during MODEX 2018, members shared insights about the current standards for the design, testing and utilization of industrial steel storage racks and answered multiple, common questions on the topic. Entitled “Rack Design: Resources ...
Newest Racking Technologies And How To Pick The Safest Solution ...
During MODEX 2018, held this past April in Atlanta, members of RMI presented a free, on-floor seminar to attendees. Entitled “Considerations for the Planning and Use of Industrial Steel Storage Racks,” the 40-minute session’s slides and audio were recorded for ...
Learn More About Rack Installation And Safety Inspections In RMI’s ...
The responsibility for safe industrial steel storage rack ownership and usage does not end at installation. Instead, it’s an ongoing process that includes several elements—including regular, routine inspections—to ensure a safe workplace. To help both potential and current end users ...
Point Versus Uniformly Distributed Loads: Understand The Difference
When placing loads of equal weight in storage racks, it’s important to remember that all pallets or loads are not created equal. Some pallets are designed with multiple boards—or stringers—spanning the bottom surface; others have a foot in each corner. ...
Why Was The R-Mark Created?
As a voluntary program for manufacturers of industrial steel storage racks and of welded wire rack decking, RMI’s R-Mark Certification helps to assure storage rack users that they have selected a product designed, engineered and made by a reputable supplier. ...
Walking On Wire Mesh Rack Decking: Is It Safe?
Is it safe to walk on wire mesh rack decking? In a single word, the answer is “no.” Welded wire rack decking is not engineered for pedestrian use. Because decking often supports loads weighing thousands of pounds, warehouse associates at ...
RMI’s New Video Offers Introduction To System Selection
Created to offer potential and current end users and owners of industrial steel storage racks a high-level, visual introduction into the key considerations of rack system selection, RMI has produced and released a new video: “Specifying and Selecting Your Rack ...
Why Are There Two R-Mark Certifications, One For Rack And ...
Offered as two separate certifications to manufacturers of industrial steel storage racks and of welded wire rack decking, RMI’s R-Mark assures storage rack users that the rack frame, beam and decking capacities shown in a unique design’s load table were ...