Fire Protection for warehouse racking

May 28th, 2013

The design of new warehouse should be strict according to the national standards of our country.
It should also be audited by fire protection bureau. After warehouse completed, customer should approve the warehouse along with fire protection bureau.
If it don’t pass the inspection, the warehouse couldn’t be used.

Usually the warehouse owner should set one man in charge of fire protection who take responsibility of the fire safety for entire warehouse.
And also have fire train lesson for all the warehouse staff regularly. Which can help them save themselves in case there is fire in warehouse.

The warehouse manager should know the fire specification for cargo in warehouse especially for the items which is easy to burn.
Also obtain the skill of use fire protection tools and inspet them regularly.

The staff should inspect the items before put into warehouse and allow safety distance for fire protection.
In hot season, warehouse should use some method to control the temperature to make it in a safety level.

All the trucks drive into warehouse should have necessary fire protection. Auto and tractor is not allowed to enter the warehouse.

When pallet racking engineer design the pallet racking， they should also consider the fire protection. They should allow enough space for fire truck and auto water spray system in roof.

For the mezzanine floor, customer should choose the steel floor with holes, which can allow water go through for fire projection.

As a professional warehouse racking & shelving supplier, T Racking used to supply a lot of project to all over the world.

Any question please feel free to inform us at sales@racking-shelving.com

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What’s Pallet Racking?

May 21st, 2013

General speaking, pallet racking is a racking system which to store cargo.

In modern logistic, pallet racking is a storage system which mainly keep cargo and material. Pallet racking is very important in modern logistic & warehouse.  With the development of modern logistic, the request of logistic increased a lot. To make perfect use of warehouse and management and improve warehouse function, customer should not only increase the quantity of racking but also function of warehouse. Automatic and mechanical is also the future direction ofl modern logistic.

There are various kinds of racking system, the major kinds are as below:

1) Traditional racking: including pallet racking, longspan shelving, cantilever racking…etc

2) New type of racking: including rolling racking, automatically racking, shuttle racking..etc

3) Steel racking, plastic racking, wood racking

4) Closed racking, semi closed racking, open racking

5) According to height of racking, the racking can be high racking & low racking and medium racking

6) According to loading capacity, the racking can be heavy duty racking, medium duty racking and light duty racking,

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Basic Service of warehouse(1)

May 3rd, 2013

Basic Service of warehouse

1. Market Presence
   Although market presence is not visible like other service.
   It usually looks as a major advantage of local warehouse.
   As everybody know, local warehouse is better than warehouse far away for market action.
   It’s more sensitive for customer’s requirement and delivery more quickly. Local warehouse can help increase market share
   and profit as well.

2. Distributing
   The service provider which offer assortment can be used for manufacturer & wholesale and retailer.
   According to anticipation of customer, they can combine different product and store them.
   For example., one sport wear wholesale may store several kind of garment to serve different customers.
   In the second case, wholesale may create a certain amount of shirts, treasures and shoes.
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   Service provider which follow this strategy will store a few kinds of cargo in warehouse and hire lots of small warehouse
   to meet customer requirement.
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   By the way, service provider can combine different of product and ship together to save freight and logistic cost.
As a professional warehouse racking and shelving supplier, T Racking export a lot of racking and shelving to all over the world.
Any relative please send us freely at sales@racking-shelving.com

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Installation Standard of Pallet racking (2)

April 23rd, 2013

3. premeditation parts

   The size and position fo premeditation parts, should be strict according to drawing.
   Check it before installation.

4. Assembling line
   1) Check each component carefully before line it.
      Set us the standard for line

   2) Set up base line according to axes and height line

   3) When measure the direct and parallel line, we should use gravity hammer.

5. Bolt & nuts for foot plate.
   1) anchor bolt should place according to drawing

   2) The distance from anchor bolt end to floor should be no less than 3D and 30mm.
      The distance of neighboring anchor bolt should be no less than 7.5D.

   3) Holes to place anchor bolt should be away from steel, cable. Do not use premeditation hole.

    4) The basic strength of concrete should be no less than 10MPA

    5) Not allow place bolt in floor seam

6.  Assemble the upright frame
    1)According to frame height, choose manpower or mechanical(crane) to place the upright post,
    Then put a certain number of beams to make stable structure.

    2)After place the first lot, check size & position according to layout drawing, and adjust the height, vertical direction..etc.
      Assemble parts like post protector, frame protector if any. Then assemble the following lines of racking
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    3)When use shim plate, please follow below guide:
    A. Put no more than 5 pcs of ship plates under one post, put thick one in bottom and shin one in top
    B. Each shim plate should e place tidy and flat, with good touch
    C. Press each shim plate after adjust direction.

7.  Put safety pins in both end of beams, make sure hooks put into post firmly.

8.  For special racking like drive in racking, mezzanine floor, cantilever racking, assemble them in turn separately

Tooling parts in site:

If there is any prats need to be tooled in site, operate according to relative standard

9. Adjustment
   A. Adjust the racking system from vertical and horizontal direction.
   B. Paint small surface damage area with same color
   C. Screw or the bolts & nuts.

10. Approval
    After finish installation, inspect the racking project according to signed contract.
    Below data is required:
    A. Confirmed drawing
    B. Design standard or revised one.
    C. Inspection record.
    D. Other relative data.

11. Got approval after installation. Or revise according to contract request.

As a reliable pallet racking supplier, T Racking design & export a lot of pallet racking projects to all over the world.Any relative inquiry please feels free to send to sales@racking-shelving.com

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Installation Standard of Pallet racking (1)

April 17th, 2013

Installation Standard of Pallet racking (1)

General Rule
1. The purpose of this standard is to guide installation and inspection job, ensure quality and safety. Increas installation efficiency and
save cost.

2. Installation job of pallet racking should be strict according to assemble drawing. When found there is problem with design or layout, please point it out in time.
And then work after approval.

3. When assemble the pallet racking system, you should use various of measurement and instrument to measure and confirm size, the accurate rate should be no less than required rate.

4. When do the installation, please inspect yourself for each step.

5. The installation job should also comply with

Work Condition:

1. Please go through the drawing carefully before job. For complex job like auto warehouse or mezzanine, pls make plan for each step.

2. Please check the transport route and power situation of warehouse.

3. The general construction of warehouse shoulde be completed before racking installation. The floor and channel job should be finished, the concil strength should be no less than 75% of design strength.
   The installtion site should be clean.

4. Got approval if you want to hang something under construction structure.
Parts inspection

1.  Open the parcel and check with packing list, make sure everything is correct.
If there is any damage parts, take pictures and send back them

2. Measure the size of parts to make sure it’s correct

3. Keep hardware, assemble tools properly.

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Pallet Racking In China

April 15th, 2013

Pallet Racking In China

In china, pallet racking is a new concept for most companies. As pallet racking comes to China ten years ago.

In modern times, storage & logistic is more and more important in economic. Everyone can benefic it from the reasonable structure and easy installation.

Beneficiate from advanced technology, our pallet racking system designed to be more effective and easy to load/unload, which combine high efficiency and safety.

The field of racking system is diversified, lots industries need pallet racking to storage different cargo, especially logistic center

Currently 60% of pallet racking system locate in Europe, but Asian market especially China market is growing fast. Pallet racking is very important after join with other storage technology like order picker system and roller system. Besides these system, ASRS racking system also develops very quickly these days.

In China, most region requires a lot of pallet racking is the developed area like Guangzhou, dongguan, Shenzhen, shanghai, Suzhou, Beijing…etc. Most of customers works in mechanical, auto, electronic, pharmacy, logistic and storage field.

  Since China enter WTO, the annual GDP growth rate is about 8.0% for the past 13 years.
The requirement of Pallet racking is also increasing quickly, a lot of big projects build in everything of China. T Racking also benefit a lot from the growth economy.

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New mezzanine floor project finished

April 9th, 2013

T Racking just finish a mezzanine floor and steel platform project. The project already got approval by customer and store cargo.

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We choose one corner of steel platform for customer to build office, to make the whole area better. The racking project match with building wall very well,

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according to customer requirement, we combine mezzanine racking and steel platform. For the color, we choose normal blue for frame and light grey for shelf. The 2 color make the warehouse looks very beautiful

 

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On the first floor, as the floor condition is good, we recommend customer put first level direct on the floor, which can help save one level of beams and shelf, help customer save warehouse racking cost

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In the mean time, to maximum storage capacity, we design the steel platform same height with racking height, also make the storage more flexible.

 

As a professional pallet racking & storage shelving supplier, T Racking build a lot of nice jobs in local and oversea markets, any relative inquiry feel free to email us at sales@racking-shelving.com

 

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How to reduce warehouse storage cost

April 2nd, 2013

Warehouse is a place where company store material and keep inventory, it’s very important area to reduce operation cost, but seldom put into important area by companies. Some company pay attention to reduce inventory and improve cargo flow, but they don’t know how to do it. Thus we introduce some methods for your reference:

1. Reduce stock. Reduce stock means increase stock turnover and money flow. This is very important for company finance. Once market changed, the warehouse strategy can change accordingly very quickly. First, count the quantity and make sure the actual stock quantity.
Then adjust stock qty according to safety stock quantity.  Afterwards warehouse manager should discuss stock requirement with purchase manager and confirm a suitable stock level. This can save money for stock.

2. Check stock everyday and help management know better for stock level. It’s obviously that correct decision can be only made base on correct stock level. Logistic department should know which items flow fast and which items flow slowly. For the items flow very slowly, we should work out the reason and suggest solution for it.
For the items already out of market, we should deal with it in time to save warehouse cost and money cost.

3. Adjust warehouse layout, increase storage capacity and logistic speed. This is very important especially these days land cost is very high. Warehouse manager should discuss with pallet racking and warehouse shelving supplier carefully for this issue. Warehouse manager should choose a suitable racking solution according to the requirement of company

4. Work out standard operation time for warehouse pick up, load/unload job and labeling system.
This can help measure whether logistic work is reasonable and handled properly.
As a professional racking & shelving supplier, T Racking help a lot of customers in different industries to maximum storage capacity and make best use of warehouse, we are glad to offer you a detail solution base on detail RFQ.

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Mezzanine floor big project in Oma

March 27th, 2013

In middle 2012, T Racking won a big mezzanine floor project in Oman.

 

This project is for a very large logistic center base in Oman, it’s used for store steel or wood furniture. When we received the RFQ from customer, considering furniture piece have very large scale and with small weight, we recommend customer choose mezzanine floor for this project.

 

As the logistic center is very large, it’s a complex job to design racking system for the logistic center,  but the professional engineer of T Racking is good at it. They design 2 options with detail drawing for each component just in 2 days. Our hard working spirit and professional design capacity give customer very good impression.

 

After compare with different offers from other suppliers, customer decided to visit us and have a face to face talk for their detail requirement. T Racking then arrange a fruitful trip for customer, during the 4 days visit, customer visit the manufacturing capacity & equipment of T Racking, also visit a few big projects in local market for T Racking. After the visit, customer know better for operation of us, and wish to work with us for the project.

 

After go back to Oman, customer finally confirmed the plan and payment term with T Racking.

We then tool the project in a short period and delivery them by 4 lots according to customer requirement.

 

The total project worth more than US$800,000.00, which is one of the biggest project for pallet racking and mezzanine floor we have ever done.

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How to inspect pallet racking

March 25th, 2013

After customer place pallet racking order for your warehouse, every customer will care about how to inspect pallet racking, and make sure it’s exactly what you order before shipment.

There is several steps as below to inspect the quality of pallet racking customer required.

1. Check the overall size of racking system.
This is very important as size is a important factor of pallet racking. Customer can use a tape measurement to measure the length of frame & beam, especially for the thickness of component, customer could use vernier calipers to measure it.

2. Check the quantity of items according to PO.
Customer should check the detail component list according to PO. Especially for the frames,
As frames consists of upright post, horizontal bracing & diagonal bracing, post protector, base plate, bolts & nuts…etc.

3. Check material of frames and beams.
Customer could go to material store to check quality of material, T Racking only choose quality material from famous steel supplier.

4. Check surface treatment of pallet racking
Surface treatment is very important for pallet racking, As everyone can see it obviously.
Customer can use a knife to hit the surface of frame and beam. For quality powder coating, there will only be nick left and the powder attached surface very well, if the surface treatment is not properly, the powder will drop off by piece

5. Check the packing.
Packing is especially important during sea freight, as frames and beams will store in container for almost 1 month, if not pack properly, they will hit and damage each other.
For T Racking, our standard export packing works for more than 10 years and customer have very positive feedback.
In all, it’s very important to select a reliable pallet racking supplier like us, we will help customer solve all the problems.

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