Relocating Pallet Rack
In 2005, the P.R. Skate, LLC introduced its "Pallet Rack Moving
System" to the Material Handling industry. The P.R. Skate's
pallet rack moving system is a pallet rack accessory that
changes the way pallet rack can be relocated saving facility
down time and labor expenses.
In the past moving pallet rack from one location to another
location was overwhelming and time consuming. The process of
relocating pallet rack first begins with unloading all of the
stored material from the storage system (pallet rack) and
finding a temporary home for it until the new location is ready.
After the storage system has been unloaded, the tear down or
demo of the rack would begin. The tear down process seems to be
less time consuming than the rebuilding of the storage system
but equipment such as forklifts and scissor lifts are need for
both the tear down and rebuilding of the storage system adding
another cost to the project. After the pallet rack is torn down
or disassembled, the components would be stacked and organized
for stable movement to the new location. Upon arrival at the new
location, re-assembly of the pallet rack would proceed. After
the storage system is re-assembled and anchored to the floor,
the pallet rack is ready to store material. Sounds easy and it
is but very time consuming and considerable downtime of the
facility has to be expected.
By using a pallet rack moving systems, pallet rack can be moved
and relocated in 1/3rd of the time. The system is designed to
move the pallet rack intact with material still on the storage
system. Down time, labor costs, and equipment costs are saved
due to minimal product displaced, no rack demolition, and no
re-assembly of the pallet rack.
When using a pallet rack moving system the process is simple.
First you would raise the pallet rack using the lifting assembly
and place the rack on the skates. This process could be done
literally by one person. When all of the storage system (pallet
rack) is on the skates, the pallet rack is now ready to move to
the new location. At this point it would be necessary for more
people to help in the process to help push and steer the moving
rack. After the rack has been moved to the new location, the
rack would be lifted off the skates and lowered to the floor.
Again just one person could do this part of the process. The
last step is to anchor the racking. Once anchored the process is
complete and there is minimal to no product or materials to
stock in the storage system.
By using a pallet rack moving system, you can now lift your
pallet rack up, put it on wheels (skates) and move it to its new
location with minimal product displacement. The moving system is
simplistic in design and easy to use saving up to 2/3rds of the
normal project costs.
The moving system contains 'skates' and a lifting assembly. The
'skates' come in both HD (heavy duty) and LD (lite duty) models
that have capacities ranging from 5,000 lbs. to 12,000 lbs. More
information can be found at pallet rack skate .