Rack Systems That Survive Anything

There is a plethora of types of pallet racking available on the market today from many European manufacturers. The common feature of these racks is usually the construction of the columns and horizontal beams from thin sheet metal, very complexly profiled by bending. The horizontal beams are usually attached to the columns by a complex locking system to ensure that the rack can be dismantled. This construction brings several very important advantages - high static load capacity, low weight, relatively favourable price per storage cell.

However, the construction of thin sheet metal also has several significant disadvantages. First of all, the low resistance of the rack in case of lateral stress, e.g. It is easy to damage the rack columns in accidental collisions with forklift trucks, relatively easy to damage the horizontal beams in case of accidental overloading of the beam, easy to damage the horizontal beams when placing goods in the storage cell, when the forklift operator does not estimate the correct height of the pallet with goods and the pallet hits the horizontal beam. Very often a warning sign "Out of service, do not use" can be seen on the storage cells of these types of racks. The horizontal beams then need to be replaced, and if the posts are damaged, a very complicated repair of the entire rack is required.

Our company also initially used types of racks made of sheet metal. However, the many damages and frequent repairs of the racks led us to develop our own racking system, which has been in practical use for many years. The basic design requirement was primarily a high load capacity of the racks and even more important was the high durability of the racks in practical operation. According to our many years of experience, collisions between forklift trucks and racks cannot be prevented, especially in companies with limited storage space. The result of our development was the birth of the TEXO modular pallet rack.

The construction of thin sheet metal has several significant disadvantages. First of all, the low resistance of the rack in case of lateral stresses, e.g. It is also relatively easy to damage the horizontal brackets if the brackets are accidentally overloaded, and it is easy to damage the brackets when the forklift operator does not estimate the correct height of the forklift and the profiles hit the horizontal brackets. Very often a warning sign "Out of service, do not use" can be seen on the storage cells of these types of racks. The horizontal brackets then need to be replaced and if the posts are damaged, a very complicated repair of the entire rack is required.

The above shortcomings have led our company to develop our own types of cantilever racks for profile storage, which have been in practical use for many years. The basic design requirement was primarily high load capacity of the racks and even more importantly high durability of the racks in practical operation. According to our many years of experience, collisions between forklift trucks and racks cannot be prevented, especially in companies with limited storage space. As a result of our development, GRADUS racks were born.

GRADUS racks are used for storing profiles from 500 mm to 6000 mm in length. The small family consists of GRADUS 3000 and GRADUS 6000 racks according to the required length of the stored profiles. The colour design of the racks is possible according to the customer's requirements based on the RAL colour chart. The rack is delivered assembled ready for final placement in the warehouse.