The drive in rack is also known as drive through rack. The drive in rack can be used for a forklift (or unmanned cart with a fork) to drive into the channel to access goods. It is suitable for the storage of goods with few varieties and large quantities.
The drive in racks are currently widely used for storing large quantities and small varieties of goods, with unified packaging and single products, such as food, tobacco, cold storage, and other warehouses. At present, with the rapid development of the economy, the frequency of the application of drive in racks is also increasing. In order to better play its role, we need to further understand the structural characteristics of drive in racks and achieve the best use of everything.
Warehouse racks and drive in racks are both multi-door and pallet modular racks connected by lattice column edge connections, with goods stored one by one on cantilever beams along the depth direction. This mold frame structure can share the forklift operation channel and goods storage space, greatly improving the utilization rate of warehouse space and site area. However, goods in the same operation channel cannot achieve first in, first out, and is suitable for storing goods in large quantities, small varieties, or in the operation channel that flow together to the same customer, such as beverages, dairy products, tobacco, low-temperature frozen storage, standard specifications of household appliances, chemicals, etc Clothing, and other industries. According to statistics, drive-in racks can achieve maximum storage density, with an effective utilization rate of up to 90% of space and a utilization rate of over 60% of the site area.
Advantages of drive in racks
1. The cargo storage channel is also a forklift storage and transportation channel, which is a type of rack with high storage density.
2. Usually used for storage of goods with a small variety but large batch size, and low requirements for picking goods.
3. Based on the conventional plan of lifting the height of a regular forklift and driving in three layers of goods, the effective storage capacity of the warehouse can be increased by more than 100%. In contrast, the investment cost is controlled and the benefits are significantly improved. From the perspective of global storage costs, the increased storage capacity benefits can generally offset investment costs within three years.
4. The goods follow the principle of first in, and second out, and are suitable for most handling machinery storage and transportation operations.
