Industrial pallet rack bay dividers help maximize storage capacity for bulky products like wood casing and piping. They’re often bolted to the teardrop beam that’s found at the back of a rack bay and are available in a variety of sizes. These strong, tubular dividers segment SKU slots and keep stock upright, protecting items from falling or being crushed. They’re especially useful for vertically stored inventory in systems with flow rails and can be grouped together in different ways to create picking locations.
To determine the best divider size, consider your facility’s ceiling height as well as your forklift capabilities. You want to design a racking system that utilizes as much of the space in your warehouse as possible, but you don’t want to overload it or risk your forklifts’ ability to safely maneuver over it. In addition, building and fire codes require leaving 18 inches of clearance below your sprinkler heads at the ceiling.
Maximizing Space with Industrial Pallet Rack Bay Dividers
To calculate your storage system’s load capacity, take the combined total of the horizontal beam load capacities and multiply it by the number of bays in your pallet racking system. You can then use this figure to determine the load capacity of each upright frame, which is the column that horizontal beams connect to. If the load capacity of your upright frames exceeds this amount, you can install a higher-capacity rack and prevent any potential failures. To avoid overstressing the columns, you can install protective shields called column protectors on top of each one.