Drive In And Drive Through Pallet Racking

Drive in and drive through pallet racking systems are comprised of uprights and rail beams.

Drive in and drive through pallet racking.

High density storage racks work by utilizing standard pallet rack uprights in conjunction with rail beams or more simply rails to store the pallet loads in a very dense configuration. The uprights provide vertical support and the rail beams are used for pallet storage that is extremely dense. Drive in and drive thru pallet racks are created to utilize more unused warehouse space than any other pallet racking system available. Both drive in and drive through rack systems allow more efficient use of available space than traditional multi aisle selective racks systems.

Drive in and drive through sometimes spelled drive thru are storage rack configurations that allow the forklift to drive directly into the lane of stacked rows called a bay. Drive in rack and drive thru racking are terms that are often used interchangeably. Both the area and the height available for use are accessible via forklifts which can actually be driven through the racks to permit additional storage access for up to six full pallets deep. Drive in and drive through pallet racking are essentially the same thing but with one distinct difference.

While construction is more or less identical drive through pallet racking differs in that it is designed to be accessed by forklifts from both ends whereas drive in pallet racking can only be accessed from the front. In this system product is stored both back to back and floor to ceiling.