What Types Of Shelves Are Commonly Used in The Automotive Industry?

Shelf shelves are the most common type of shelves in the automotive industry warehouse. They are suitable for storing some light-weight, small-volume light-throwing goods, manual pickup, simple structure, beautiful appearance, and convenient and flexible assembly.

Mezzanine and steel platform shelves also appear frequently in the automotive industry, especially in the automotive parts manufacturing industry. Mezzanine and steel platform shelves can make full use of the height of the warehouse and improve the utilization rate of space. They are particularly suitable for storing some manual storage and retrieval of goods with small mass and volume.

Heavy-duty shelves are suitable for almost all industries and warehouses. Heavy-duty shelves are often used in conjunction with some functional accessories when used in the automotive industry, such as mesh panels, steel panels, back nets, barriers, cross beams, etc., because there are often some small or special-shaped parts that need to be stored in the warehouse of the automotive industry. These accessories can be used for more convenient storage and to prevent goods from falling.

Narrow aisle shelves save a lot of forklift channels compared to heavy-duty shelves. With the special three-way stacking forklift for storing and retrieving goods, the space utilization rate of the warehouse is greatly improved. For some automobile companies that want to make better use of warehouse space, narrow aisle shelves are also a good choice.

Flow shelves use the dead weight of the cargo rack to store goods from one channel and pick up goods from the other channel to achieve first-in-first-out. Flow cargo storage is efficient and suitable for short-term storage and picking of large quantities of goods. It can be equipped with electronic tags to achieve easy management of goods. Common sliding containers include turnover boxes, parts boxes and cartons, which are suitable for large quantities of goods and short-term storage and picking. It is widely used in distribution centers, assembly workshops and warehouses with high shipping frequency.

Gravity racks are a type of pallet racks, which are developed on the basis of beam racks. Compared with ordinary beam racks, gravity racks do not need to reserve operating channels between racks, but only need to reserve inlet and outlet channels. The storage density is higher and the storage space utilization rate is about 75%. Gravity racks can realize the first-in-first-out storage method. Gravity racks use their own power to achieve storage. They are unpowered, have no energy consumption, low noise, are very environmentally friendly, safe and reliable.

Stacking racks, also known as smart racks and stacking racks, are handling and storage equipment derived from pallets. They are one of the multifunctional equipment for cargo unit assembly, commodity storage and commodity circulation, and need to be used with forklifts.