The Drive in storage system is made up of sets of frames and vertical uprights joined together to form inner lanes.
Each lane is equipped with support rails on both sides, laid out at different levels, on which pallets are placed. For loading and unloading operations, the forklift truck enters the lanes with the unit load lifted above the rail where it will be placed.
This compact storage system allows as many SKUs as loading lanes. Depth and height are dependent on the number of pallets to be stored.
The main components and accessories of Drive in compact pallet racking systems are:
Upper longitudinal beam
The upper longitudinal beam joins the frames in the upper area crosswise, to secure the structure by creating gantries. The beams must be placed in all the compact racking aisles.
Horizontal brace
The horizontal brace is a metal component that reinforces the compact structure and is located at the top.
Frame
The frame is one of the basic elements of Drive in compact racking. These frames consist of 2 uprights, their corresponding diagonals, baseplates and fixing elements.
Forklift guide rail
This is a steel rail at floor level that runs along the whole aisle. Its objective is to guide the forklift when it enters the structure and protect it against possible impacts. It helps to separate the forklift from the Drive in compact racking.
Frame and upright protection
The frame and upright protectors protect the installation from possible damage due to impacts by the forklift.
Welded baseplate
The welded baseplate is an especially designed component for frames with the highest load and height.
Upright
The upright is the main element of the frame and is galvanised. The customer has available to them a wide variety of upright sections and lengths to adapt to their warehouse needs.
Pallet guidance
It is situated at the front of the pallet beam or pallet support rail and helps operators when depositing the unit loads. It also protects the structure against potential impacts.
Pallet beam or support rail
These are the horizontal profiles on which the pallets on each level of the Drive in racking system are supported. They are metal and are perpendicularly secured to the upright by means of the brackets.
Bracket
Brackets are the metal components that support the support rails or pallet beams on each level, and therefore indirectly support the pallets. This component is secured to the upright.
Pallet backstop
Pallet backstops are preventive safety backstops and their main function is to prevent the pallet from falling at the back of the aisle due to any inappropriate manoeuvre.
Drive in Pallet Rack System
This system is base on the storage by accumulation principle, which enables the highest use of available space in terms of both area and height.
Drive-in racking is designed for the storage of homogenous products. It accommodates a large number of pallets for each SKU.
Advantages
Maximum profitability of the available space (up to 85%).
Removal of aisles between the ranking.
Rigorous control of entries and exits.
It allows as many SKU as loading lanes.
Two management systems are available: the drive-in system, with only one access aisle, and the drive-through system, with access to the load from both sides of the rack.
The system is frequently used in cold stores (refrigeration and freezing) which require maximum use of space for the storage of products in a controlled temperature.
This system is base on the storage by accumulation principle, which enables the highest use of available space in terms of both area and height.
