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Why Is Cantilever Racking the Best Storage Solution to Store Windows and Doors Products?

April 11 2024

Doors and windows are extremely difficult to store and can take up a lot of space in your workspace. Understanding the various benefits of cantilever racking will allow you to choose the right racking system for your specific warehouse requirements. Cantilever racks are growing in popularity across various industries for various reasons, including increased daily efficiency, improved space use, and protection of personnel stock items. Although the main purpose of cantilever racking is to make it simple to store longer, thinner goods, it also has several advantages over other kinds of shelving systems.

What Does It Look Like?

Cantilever racks are L-shaped uprights that may reach a height of ten meters. Each upright has several cantilever arms attached to it that support weights. Cantilever racks are an open storage system that gives operators of forklifts, bridges, or stacker cranes unobstructed access to materials like pipes, steel, wood, or automobiles. To provide ideal weight distribution, cantilever racking uprights are firmly fixed to a flat, sturdy floor surface, like poured cement. When completely loaded, each upright’s base provides optimal stability because it is longer than the storage arms.

Benefits

Cantilever racking is designed to simplify the storage of big, bulky items and longer, thinner items like doors and windows. Its open design and total length allow for storing tall, narrow goods, which are typically more challenging to store using conventional shelving systems. Because of a cantilever rack’s sturdy construction, you may store large, heavy objects like doors and windows for a long time without worrying about them breaking or damaging.


Cantilever racking is secure, accessible, and simple to scale up high. It’s a standard designed to keep inventory accessible and to tuck away into unused space. It is easy to place and modify in any type of warehouse. It offers more organizational flexibility for warehouse layouts than other racking system types because it is simple to stack and expand the amount of vertical storage space available. Storing doors and windows in a safe space while actively using the vertical space above you is a massive advantage.


Installing cantilever racking in your warehouse can achieve extended time and cost savings because it will make it easier to store and retrieve goods. The more vacant space you maximize, the more supply you can replenish. If there is more available space, this implies that you can successfully increase the scope of your product line or provide your clients with more assistance or supplies. 

To explore the full benefits and potential of cantilever racking for your storage needs, we invite you to visit and explore our cantilever page. Here you will find detailed information and expert advice that can guide you towards optimizing your warehouse space efficiently.

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