If your warehouse storage needs often fluctuate, you may be considering adding a flexible pallet racking system to your facility. A teardrop pallet rack supports configuration changes. This type of rack can be set up quickly and will not require the use of many tools or support pieces
What Is a Teardrop Design?
A teardrop pallet rack gets its name due to the hole designs that are used to anchor each shelf that is contained within a rack. Inverted tears are lined up in rows. The tears are located along each side of a racking system. The tear cutouts will support shelf endings.
Due to there being many teardrop cutous along the exterior ends of a racking system, an end-user can virtually select how high or low they would like each shelf to be and match the shelf endings with the tear cutouts that match this height. The tapered design of each cutout will lock each shelf into place. Force will need to be applied upward, to remove a shelf-ending.
How Can a Racking System Be Set Up?
A basic teardrop pallet rack kit will contain upright beams, base pieces, and a series of shelves. A teardrop pallet rack can be expanded, by purchasing additional beams and shelves as needed. A chalk or marker outline that is added to flooring will aid with determining where to secure base pieces.
Dividers, spacers, and rack guards are products that racking manufacturers sell separately. Dividers may be constructed of plastic or metal. They are designed to be installed in between shelves. Dividers will separate various products and aid in stocking and picking orders properly. Spacers are steel brackets that will connect one pallet rack row to another. Hardware is needed to install spacers along two upright sections. One end of each spacer will need to be bolted to an upright metal piece that comprises a rack row.
Rack guards are metal plates that are designed to protect the edges of a racking system. Because forklifts and other types of heavy-duty machinery are typically used in a warehouse setting, there is a risk that a piece of equipment will bump into a teardrop racking system from time to time. After a rack is fully assembled, metal guards should be installed along the edges of a system. A power drill or a screwdriver can be used to install hardware that is needed to secure a series of guards.
