Customized Cost-effective Rack-supported Mezzanine Systems For Industrial Storage
| What is Rack-supported Mezzanine? |
Rack-supported mezzanine, as the name shows, uses steel pallet racks as the weight support components to the mezzanine flooring offering additional vertical warehouse space without extra cost for warehouse expansion. The mezzanine flooring space can be designed as platforms for work areas where palletized products can be stored on the racks below and other unpalletized items can be stored upstairs.
As an excellent choice for space saving, pallet rack systems can also be constructed with mezzanine walkways inserted for second-level or third-level product handling.
| Advantages of Rack-supported Mezzanine |
► Compact storage solution fully use both vertical and horizontal space.
► Cos-saving for warehouse owners without extra expensive warehouse investment.
► Versatile and flexible for facilities with multiple structures and storage choices.
► Easy to be integrated or reconstructed to form a complex storage systems.
► Safer system for both workers and products.
| Structure Features of Rack-supported Mezzanine |
The structure of a rack-supported mezzanine can be divided into two main parts: rack related parts and mezzanine related parts.
| Pallet rack related components | Mezzanine related components |
| upright frames | Flooring supported beams |
| beams | flooring |
| row-spacers | stairs |
| decks for racks | handrails |
Other safety accessories such as kick plates and wire meshes are optional as customers' personal needs. In some warehouses, loading gates, conveyors and other related equipment may be added for facilitating materials handling efficiency.
| Ironstone Design Cases |
Before designing rack-supported mezzanine for our customers, we need to gain some information about the storage requirement and mezzanine details.
| Things to consider for pallet rack design | Things to consider for mezzanine design |
| Pallet load dimensions( height*length* width) | Required loading capacity |
| Pallet load weight | Mezzanine dimensions(height*length* width) |
| Forklift types and modes | Mezzanine flooring type( steel, wooden) |
| Pallet rack accessories | Mezzanine accessories |
Here's a drawing of rack-supported mezzanine designed by Ironstone
