SDL Storage Design Catalogue 2017

SHELVING & RACKING
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SHELVING & RACKING
SHELVING SOLUTIONS
Providing maximum storage capacity is not the only criteria to be
considered. How users access the shelving needs to be considered,
there is no point having the capacity if you can’t easily use it.
Narrow aisle widths will restrict the numbers of users who can work
at the same times, also sufficient working space should be allowed
for equipment to be used, such as pallet trucks and stepladders,
valuable space can be utilised.
Once you understand your bay profiles you can start to plan how
to use them within the space available. You will need to take into
account the position of doorways, windows, fire exits etc. along
with ensuring adequate lighting along aisles. In long runs of
shelving, cross aisles should be allowed for to allow users to quickly
move between runs without having to walk to the end of aisles.
Cross aisles help cut down journey times in picking operations helping to
increase efficiency and improve fire escape routes.
Understanding our client’s storage requirements is vital in offering
value for money and the most practical and beneficial products
possible. Whether the need is for high density storage of industrial
items, maximising retail stockroom capacity, designing usable
library schemes or managing records storage in an office – we can
help you achieve a cost efficient and practical storage solution.
Determining the shelving you need starts by fully understanding
your stock profile, this is essential in ensuring the storage solution
is designed to suit the size of the stored items. Often there are large
areas of wasted space where existing racking or shelving has been
supplied to suit the largest item stored, even though the majority
of items may actually be smaller than this. Having bays of different
shelf depths to match the stock dimensions should be considered
to maximise available space.
Specifying the correct shelf size is important, ensuring the whole
width and depth of the shelf is used to the maximum. Different bay
widths can be specified ensuring multiples of different sizes items
can be stored within the run. For example by measuring the stock
size it is easy to choose the correct size of shelf to suit multiples of
the stock; e.g. women’s shoe boxes are typically around 200mm
wide and 6 boxes would sit perfectly on a 1220mm wide shelf but
men’s shoes boxes are 255mm so a 1100mm wide shelf is more
applicable.
Using all of the available height is a simple way to add significantly
more usable storage area, easily and economically, within the same
footprint area. This maybe restricted by the weight of the items
being stored and the implications of manual handling regulations
but by using manual and mechanical access equipment this
valuable space can be utilised.
We have a wealth of experience and knowledge in storage design
and are conversant with the relevant Health & Safety and industry
standards. You can be assured that our solution to your storage
requirements, no matter how large or small, will always receive
an unbiased view of how to provide you with a system that serves
your organisation in a financially and environmentally responsible
manner well into the future.
Mechanical access equipment allows for higher shelving to be considered,
utilising the full building height.
USEFUL SHELVING TERMINOLOGY
1. BAY - Module between a pair of frames.
2. RUN - A series of shelving bays connected
length-ways.
3. SINGLE SIDED RUN - A Single depth of shelving.
4. DOUBLE SIDED RUN - Two runs built back to back,
not necessarily of the same depth,
but sharing a common ‘spine’.
5. LEVELS - The number of storage levels in
the shelving height.
6. AISLE - Space giving access to the picking
or loading faces of shelving.
7. GANGWAY - Space for movement of
transport but not giving access to picking
or loading faces.
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