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1. Warehouse storage systems and
Material Handling Equipments

2. Difference between Static and
Dynamic loads?
Static loads
Static loads are distributed across the floor of the
warehouse, concentrated on a specific surface area
where the upright of the racking makes contact with
the flooring.
Dynamic loads
They are loads whose magnitude and location do
vary over time. They are mainly the forklifts and
other handling equipment that perform their daily
operations in the warehouse aisles.

3. STATIC LOADS IN WAREHOUSE FLOORS
• Uniformly distributed loads- these loads are
generally larger footprint distributed loads.
• Line loads, as the name suggests, are loads that act
along a line. The storage systems and other fixed
equipment are mounted on rails.
• Point loads-arising from any equipment or structure
mounted on legs with baseplates and from materials
handling equipment.

4. Static storage systems in warehouses
• Adjustable pallet racking (APR)
Pallet racking is used for the storage of products on
pallets at up to considerable heights while providing
access to the individual pallets.
• Mobile pallet racking
This consists of sets of racks on mobile chassis running on
floor-mounted rails. The racks are individually driven by
electric motors so that each aisle can be opened up as
required for access to individual pallets.

5. Static storage systems in warehouses
• Pick and deposit (P&D) stations
These are used at the end of narrow aisles or very
narrow aisle racking bays. They can be either
marked out on the floor or form part of the
racking structure
• Live storage systems
The storage system provides a high-density block
of loads without load selectivity.. Incoming pallets
are placed on the ‘high’ end of a downward
sloping set of roller conveyors.

6. Static storage systems in warehouses
• Drive-in racking
In this racking system, there is no division by
aisles and therefore high storage density is
achieved.
• Push-back racking systems
These provide a high-density block of loads.
Incoming pallets are placed on the push-back
carrier

7. Static storage systems in warehouses
• Cantilever racks
These racks are used to store long loads and are
sometimes referred to as ‘bar racks’.
• Mezzanines
These are used for production, handling machinery
and storage.
• Clad rack structures
In clad rack structures the racking itself provides the
structural framework for the building and supports
the walls and roof.

8. DYNAMIC LOADS IN WAREHOUSES
• MHE types used in warehouses
The carrying capacity of the MHE is not an
adequate indicator of the loads applied to a
floor.
• MHE operating at floor level
Pallet trucks are used at floor level for moving
single or multiple pallets and for order picking.

9. MHE operating in free-movement
areas and wide aisles
• These are fork-lift trucks fitted with telescopic
masts with the load carried ahead of the front
(load) wheels.
• These have moving telescopic masts and
transport the load in a retracted position
within the truck wheelbase.

10. MHE operating in very narrow aisles
• These lift trucks handle pallets at right angles to the
direction of travel and are also known as very narrow
aisle (VNA) trucks.
• These cranes run on floor-mounted rails. They have
fixed masts with a top guidance rail and can transfer
between aisles utilising special rail links

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