How versatile can your warehouse be? How far can you go with reconfiguration? Can the entire warehouse be outfitted with moveable, changeable shelving? Or must a certain proportion of the fixtures be permanent? What is the best way to “furnish” your warehouse? Uncountable options are available for flexible warehouse configuration. Three popular ones are mezzanines, pallet racking, and cantilevered shelving. These three warehouse fixture solutions serve very different functions to allow you to store a variety of types of goods.
Mezzanines Imagine a warehouse with a high ceiling. What is the best way to make use of this space? The obvious answer is to put in an array of very tall shelves. In many instances, this solution would be the preferred one. However, with some research you might discover a better solution: the mezzanine. What is a mezzanine? A mezzanine is a raised area resembling a loft in a building. It’s an intermediate story that covers only a small portion of the full square footage of the building. In a warehouse, a mezzanine can be put in place by a shelving company as as a sort variety of a second story. These mezzanines represent the further evolution of metal warehouse shelving. They are normally manufactured of heavy duty steel to meet indoor building code requirements. This additional space can be used for a variety of purposes, including additional storage area, office space that frees up floor space for storage, or even light manufacturing. Installing a mezzanine can save your company a lot of money, compared to traditionally constructed additions.
Another space solution that can save you money and provide flexibility of space use in your warehouse is pallet racking. This flexibility will prove its worth to you as you manage your warehouse and inventory. The benefits of this type of shelving are clear. First, you can work it into your existing storage configuration, and it can grow with you as your storage needs increase. This benefit is possible because pallet racking is easy to assemble and disassemble as you need to add new storage space and later reconfigure it when needs and conditions change. Safety locks for the step beams ensure a solid and safe assembly. For further adaptability, a full range of accessories are available to further configure the shelving to your specific needs.
A final shelving choice is cantilevered shelving. This type of shelving attaches directly to walls or free-standing supports. The cantilevered shelf supports hook strongly into the notched supports on the wall. The first advantage of this type of shelving is that it can extend for great distances without intervening supports at the front of the shelves, allowing you to store items with long lengths. The second advantage is the equivalent of what we’ve seen for the mezzanine and the pallet shelving, which is flexibility. Since the horizontal cantilevers slip easily into the notches in the vertical supports, the shelving arrangement is quickly altered as storage needs change.
By this point it should be obvious that the great flexibility available today in warehouse shelving options makes your warehouse configuration easily changed and more efficient as your needs change and grow.
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