Is your Warehouse Racking System Damaged?

Is your Warehouse Racking System Damaged? Does your Rack System look like any of the damaged rack shown in the photos below? Are you concerned that your racking system damages could potentially put your employees or business at risk? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then we strongly suggest having a visual rack inspection completed right away.

Rack Damages to be looking for during a rack inspection:

If there are column protectors on the frames, check behind to ensure that there are not any hidden damages behind the protectors.
Check Beams for damages; such as dents, tears, broken welds, missing load lock connectors, missing bolts.
Check to ensure that all Beams are properly engaged and are not dislodged or loose from the frame.
Check Beams for any signs of overloading, which can cause deflection and or bowing.
Check Wire Decks for any broken wires, broken or bent channels, and that there is no deflection or bending on the wires from overloading or point loads.
On Pallet Flow Systems, check for any broken, bent or missing wheels and or rollers. Check the straightness of the tracks to ensure that pallets are flowing smoothly and ensure that all brakes are intact and working.
Make sure when purchasing new Rack Systems that it’s made in the USA by a reputable RMI certified manufacturer.

It is highly recommended to get signed and sealed calculations when installing new racking systems, as this is an issue we commonly see where customer’s do not want to spend the extra money for these vital calculations and designs which are signed by a P.E., as sometimes down the line a local inspector or municipality may come to your warehouse years later and ask for drawings and calculations of your racking system and when you don’t have them you will have to then get this completed after the fact and when doing so you may find that the codes have changed and it may cost you a lot more money in the long run to bring all your racking up to code.

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