There is a variety of industrial shelving that isn’t isolated to warehouse use.
You can look at all sorts of businesses and see one thing in common is they all use shelving!
Industries like; car manufacturers, medical laboratories, food industry, aerospace, oil and gas production, Military, all use shelving. Correct storage usage, will increase operational efficiency and reduce costs through space savings; therefore it is fair these industries and many more in a vast array of areas, depend on industrial shelving systems.
Some businesses require shelving to store heavy and large components e.g. military or aerospace. Racks can be designed with load capacities up to 40,000 pounds per shelf for maximum flexibility. Shelving systems can be used for tool cribs, work cells, assembly lines and general storage. To be able to customise shelf sizes and weight capacity to maximize storage space and more importantly speed of assembly is essential to satisfying business requirements. In some industries there needs to be surfaces designed to hold heat and chemicals and in the other extreme cold and refrigeration units.
Some examples of shelving.
Wire mesh shelving.
This looks sleek and is ideal for loose papers and stationary an example of where you may see wire shelving is in hospitals or offices.
Multi-ShelvingAnything can be stored on rivet shelving but are mainly used for archival storage and storage rooms.
Pallet racking.
This is used mainly in warehouses, pallet racking holds massive weight capabilities and can be adapted.
Cantilever racking.
This type of shelving stores furniture, steel beams, pipe, tubing and timber. The structure makes it easy for forklifts to gain access.
So quite simply you can see there is a popularity and necessity for shelving in a countless industries. Why?
- Increasing efficiency.
- Driving cost reductions through space savings.
- Improving employee ergonomics.
This is made possible through industrial shelving systems. Monarch Shelving can provide you with all your shelving needs for further information call and please speak to one of our sale’s team on 0161 627 3444 or 0161 627 4440.