THE NEW CONVENTIONAL RACKING SYSTEM FOR PALLETS INSTALLED IN A LOGISTICS CENTER IN SOFIA ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WORK WELL DONE
New warehousing spaces require equipment at a completely new – higher level. However, optimizing warehouse volumes with Conventional Racking Systems is not always a conventional task;
Increasingly, companies producing food products are looking for storage systems that allow for both - the storage of heavy pallets in height and the manual picking of smaller warehouse units such as cartons or boxes. This way, the logistics hub can meet the distribution needs in the fast-moving goods logistics competition. During peak demand moments, when many different suppliers need to load items for traditional and modern trade distribution in bigger urban areas, picking can be done directly from pallets, and the warehouse team cannot afford to reach a specific warehouse position only to find that the desired items are missing. This would undoubtedly delay all subsequent steps in the logistics chain!
RACKING SYSTEMS FOR PALLETS, WITH ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, DESIGNED TO INCREASE WAREHOUSING TEAMS' PRODUCTIVITY
The new Conventional Racking Systems, installed in August 2023 has a total capacity of 936 Euro pallets with a weight of up to 1000 kg and a maximum height of 1,400 mm to 2,500 mm. A total of 84 roller lines have been designed on the ground level. Since they are installed directly on the floor, the space above them is optimized in terms of height and volume capacity under the next level;
STAMH Group's engineering teams designed special corridors for the manual picking of boxes and cartons. Thanks to the roller lines at the ground level, each warehouse operator can pull the next pallet in front of them when the previous pallet is depleted;
Of course, the new Conventional Racking System also includes specially designed corridors through which specialized lifting equipment enters whenever it is necessary to store or retrieve entire pallets;
In height, the new pallet racks are organized on a total of 4 stacking levels. The warehouse is equipped with an additional module for even smaller SKUs for manual picking, as well as double and single protectors for the beams;
The new warehousing storage system also has special passageways to minimize the distance that lifting equipment and warehouse personnel must travel for each separate warehouse operation. The total height of the new storage equipment, with a height of 6.5 m without pallets on the last level and 8 m with pallets on the last level, is engineered in line with the height of the warehouse structure;
Smart process design and the definition of special corridors and zones allow for maximum space utilization combined with smooth, fast, and secure intralogistics operations;