With such a variety of options available for different industries, finding the correct warehouse storage solutions can be rather complex. Throw in a range of awkwardly-shaped items and you can be facing many obstacles. Monarch Shelving Ltd are here to provide you with some insight on the most common, awkwardly shaped items for your warehouse storage and which methods are best for each.
Pipes and Timber
In general, long items can be an absolute nightmare for your warehouse storage even in the best of places, let alone where they must abide by warehouse safety regulations. If your warehouse storage involved the likes of engineering, building or plumbing equipment then it is likely that pipes and timber are at the forefront of what you have to offer.
Cantilever racking is a great warehouse storage solution for your long, rigid items as it keeps them off the floor and provides the workers with safe and easy access to what they need. Shorter length items such as steel angles, battens and plastic tubes would be better suited.
Materials on reels or drums
Items that are held on reels or drums, such as wallpaper, carpets, wires, etc, are sometimes difficult items for your warehouse storage as you may struggle to store them in an efficient and effective manner.
Coil racking is warehouse storing solution you need. Tubular spindles can be suspended between chocks and secured upright to racking with variable positions to make use out of as much space as possible. You can normally find coil racking as either single or double sided to accommodate the needs of your warehouse storage.
Car Parts
Car parts are unorthodox items, and are often large and, well, awkward for your warehouse storage. You will find that car parts are usually the most difficult of items to store in your warehouse, but you will be amazed at how the correct racking can go a long way.
Carton live storage, also referred to as gravity flow racking, is the perfect warehouse storage solution for such items. Operating at a first in, first out method, this kind of warehouse storage allows for faster picking access and shortened picking routed by rolling the goods down dedicated lanes to the picking face.
Large appliances
We are not talking about microwaves and slow cookers here, oh no. We are talking about fridge freezers, washing machines, ovens etc. If you have been working with warehouse storage for some time, chances are you will have had to deal with and lift heavy items and know the pain that can be caused by incorrect warehouse storage.
Using pallet racking to keep these items above and out the way is the best warehouse storage solution; heavy duty racks will be able to take the heavy weight much better than standard racking solutions and will prevent the need to stack items atop on another. This method, along with using forklifts, will make handling large appliances much easier.
Hazardous and valuable items
In most cases, retail warehouses will be home to a wide range of valuable items that are at risk from thieves and vandals. Similarly, warehouses that store chemical or other hazardous items will require a secure and effective storage system.
Using mesh security cages used to secure warehouse storage for hazardous or valuable stock can be used for the storage of gas bottles and general site equipment.
Talk to the Experts
If you would like to maximise your warehouse storage solutions through brand new or second hand racking systems, talk to the experts at Monarch Shelving Ltd today.
