PALLET RACK FOR MODERN WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
Weland Pallet Rack is designed with a focus on future requirements for rational material handling. The pallet rack's design promotes a well thoughtout function with a high level of safety. Both end panel posts and support beams are made of closed profiles for the maximum bearing strength. All constituent components are hot-dip galvanised. The Weland Pallet Rack is dimensioned and tested according to SS-EN 15512:2009.
With Weland Lagersystem AB as supplier, you obtain a committed partner with wide experience and a high level of competence in efficient warehouse management. In all of our contacts with the market and users, we pay special attention to the requirements and needs that govern our development work. We provide efficient warehouse management solutions using quality products manufactured in Sweden.
TECHNICAL FACTS
Dimensions and loads
End panels
End panel depth: 500, 800 and 1100 mm. Other end panel depths are manufactured to order.
End panel height: 1500 to 13000 mm at intervals of 500 mm. Other end panel heights are manufactured to order.
Load: Alternatively, 10,000, 12,000, 13,500 or 17,500 kg/section.
Post width: 110 mm
Support beams
Length: Standard lengths 1850, 2700 and 3600 mm. Other lengths are manufactured to order.
Support beam height: 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160 mm.
Load: Support beam in standard lengths 200 to 2400 kg/pallet depending on the support beam height.
Division: The support beams can be placed at height intervals of 50 mm.
Standards and regulatory requirements
The harmonisation within the EU and the development of common standards has consequences for both manufacturers and users of warehouse management equipment. The official designation for pallet racks is Steel Static Storage Systems.
Applicable European standards for pallet racks
- Application and maintenance of storage equipment. SS-EN 15635:2008
- Tolerances, deformations and clearances. SS-EN 15620:2008
- Specification of storage equipment. SS-EN 15629:2008
- Adjustable pallet racking systems. Principles for structural design. SS-EN 15512:2009
- Terms and definitions. SS-EN 15878:2010
Significant changes
The new regulations are accompanied by extensive requirements for all parties concerned. Equipment design, assembly and use are subject in future to a much greater degree of regulation than before.
Apart from a theoretical calculation of the capacity of the pallet rack, the components must also be subjected to physical testing. Risk classes with different tolerance requirements have been introduced. The storage equipment has to have clear specifications and a detailed user manual has to be enclosed. Safety issues are carefully regulated. User companies have to have a person responsible for storage equipment and assembly must be carried out by qualified persons. The standards contain provisions for use and risk analyses during inspections and assessment of damage.
The new European standards will increase the level of safety and promote European trade on equal terms. At Weland Lagersystem AB, we are part of the project where SIS is working with "steel storage systems". Apart from pallet racks, the new standards will also affect traditional racks, cantilever racks and deep stacking.
The Swedish Work Environment Authority has also started to introduce new regulations for the use of pallet racks. In step with growing awareness of the new regulations, the requirements on manufacturers with regard to safety and information are increasing.
Contact us and we will help you sort out the concepts behind the EU standards and give you good advice as to how you have to work with pallet racks in order to be on the safe side.
AFS 2006:4
If risks may arise due to a collision, collision protection must be installed. Pallet racks must be equipped with protective devices that prevent the pallets from being pushed through the rack (i.e., so-called push through protection), unless this is manifestly unnecessary.
SS-EN 15512:2009
Collision protection with a height of not less than 400 mm must be placed next to the outer posts, where truck aisles cross.
Post marking
Posts are marked with a model designation, to ensure that the right load diagram is read.
Support beams
The support beams are marked with their model and length as guidance for reading from the correct maximum load sign.
Maximum load sign
The maximum load sign must always be set up and easily visible, to prevent incorrect loading of the pallet rack.
