A company that makes storage racks has teamed with a tube manufacturer to create a new type of rack that is designed to withstand earthquakes and heavy impacts from forklifts without spilling the products that are stored on it.
Hannibal Industries and Twinlode Corp. unveiled the new Gen 2 racking product during the Modex materials handling expo held in Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this year. The double-wide rack structure uses Hannibal’s patented tubular rack to better withstand seismic and impact events.
Steve Rogers, Hannibal’s vice president, told Modern Materials Handling that the new rack is lighter and provides more flexibility than standard warehouse racking.
“TubeRack’s dual-moment frame features a horizontal-bolt-together design to handle more capacity with less steel in many instances,” Rogers said. “Due to both front-and-back and side-to-side flexibility, the entire system absorbs an impact without shedding the pallets of product stored in it.”
The new design is more lightweight, making it a good choice for freight, especially overseas shipping. Its tube racking’s lighter weight and modular construction allow more rack to be loaded on a truck or cargo container, according to Twinlode’s Lawrence Eastman.
“We’ve already installed a variety of Twinlode Gen 2 configurations, including our Twinload product, pallet flow, carton flow and multi-level pick modules, including multiple national an international installations for major beverage corporations,” Eastman said.