How much space should be left between shelves?

Status of shelf access

We all know that in order to facilitate the work of forklift and other large-scale mechanical equipment, steel racking manufacturers usually leave a certain channel between the shelves and shelves when designing the layout of storage shelves. This also means that there is no way to reserve space for the passage to store goods, which will have a certain impact on the space utilization of the warehouse, so how much channel design is more reasonable.

The Importance of Reasonable Shelf Access

In fact, the design of the passageway between the storage shelves is very important. If the passageway is too narrow, there will be many problems in the later work. On the contrary, if the passageway is too large, it will cause redundant space waste. How can we reasonably design the width of the channel? In fact, this is not difficult. If we want to design the channel size correctly, we need to understand what the channel is used to do at ordinary times.

How to rationalize the width of the shelf aisle

In some small enterprises, the passage is only used for workers’ passage, so for this type of warehouse, the width of the passage can be narrower as long as it does not affect the passage and work of employees. Another situation is that there will be some large mechanical equipment passing through the passage, such as forklift. In this case, we need to measure the size of mechanical equipment. In order to ensure the smooth passage in the passage, the size of the passage must be larger than the size of the mechanical equipment.

In fact, if we want to design a reasonable channel, we need to calculate a lot of data. The size of the channel will also affect the overall shelf layout of the warehouse. In this respect, if the enterprise does not understand, it can find a professional shelf manufacturer to help design. If you want to know more about the shelf, you can contact us. Our professional designers will contact you at the first time.

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