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The Types and Functions of Warehouse Shelves

Aug. 26, 2020

Store Shelf is a storage device specially used to store individual items. Shelves occupy a very important position in the warehouse. With the substantial increase in logistics, in order to realize the modern management of the warehouse and improve the functions of the warehouse, not only a large number of shelves are required, but also multi-functionality and mechanization and automation are required.

1. The role of shelves

The role and function of the shelf are as follows:

1. The shelf is a kind of shelf structure. It can make full use of the warehouse space utilization rate and expand the warehouse storage capacity.

2. Goods with small shelves, easy to access, easy to count, and measure.

3. To ensure the quality of stored goods, measures such as moisture-proof, dust-proof, and damage-proof can be taken to improve the quality of material storage.

4. The structure and function of the shelf are conducive to the realization of the mechanization and automatic management of the warehouse.

Shelves account for a large proportion of the total investment in storage equipment, which has a great impact on the operation mode of the warehouse. Therefore, it is very important to choose a shelf that is relatively economical in design. Under the condition of ensuring the strength, rigidity and overall stability of the shelf, the weight of the shelf should be reduced as much as possible, the consumption of steel should be reduced, and the pressure capacity of the shelf should be reduced to meet the storage needs. There are many types of shelves, and the classification methods are also different.

According to the shelf manufacturing process, it can be divided into welded shelves and combined shelves. According to the classification of rack movement status, it can be divided into fixed racks, mobile racks, and rotating racks. Classified according to the structural relationship between shelves and buildings, they can be divided into integral structure shelves (storage shelf combined-type) and separate structure shelves. According to the type of cargo storage unit, it can be divided into pallet racks and container racks. According to the structural characteristics, it can be divided into layer rack, layer grid rack, drawer rack, cantilever rack, and so on.

Store Shelf

Store Shelf 

The purchase process of the shelf system

Choose shelves according to specific needs. The purchasing process of the shelf system mainly includes:

The buyer puts forward the requirements of the warehouse shelf system-the supplier makes the design and selection-the discussion and optimization of the scheme-the rationality of the scheme and the evaluation of the degree of optimization-the quotation-the selection of the supplier-the signing of the contract-the details of the shelf system Technical design-shelf system manufacturing (material preparation, processing, surface treatment, packaging, etc.)-shelf system installation-acceptance.

The buyer’s requirements for the warehouse racking system should usually include warehouse floor plan, unit (packaging) cargo specifications, characteristics, weight, unit pallet cargo specifications, stack height, and load capacity, access methods (manual access, mechanical access, Automatic access) and access equipment, storage requirements, frequency requirements for in and out of the warehouse, management system requirements, control methods, etc.

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