What Is Cantilever Racking?

Cantilever racking is a specialist commercial storage system designed to accommodate products that are long and heavy, typically within a warehouse environment. Using a cantilever design, by which beams are supported by a central column, the system offers a completely open-fronted layout to provide increased productivity and improved management of stock.

Applications For Cantilever Racking

Storing and accessing long and heavy items presents a number of logistical challenges. However, cantilever racking offers a convenient and effective means to store items that cannot be stored on a regular racking system due to their size or weight.

Cantilever Racking is the perfect racking system for storing and retrieving long heavy items such as pipes, timber packs, windows, furniture, bars, concrete lintels, steel tubes, sections and sheet materials.

The versatility of the cantilever racking system means items can be stored on pallets, loose, wrapped and can be irregular in shape. This type of system is often used by timber and builders merchants, steel and metal producers and stockholders, wholesalers, furniture suppliers, factories and any other commercial warehouse operation involved in the storage, supply or processing of long or heavy items.

 

Single Cantilever Rack Face On
Single Cantilever Rack

Heavy Duty Cantilever Racking

Heavy duty cantilever racking is designed and built for use in demanding commercial environments, offering high levels of strength and storage capacity for efficient and safe use of the available space.

With a capacity up to 5 tonnes available, heavy duty cantilever racking is suitable for those wishing to store extremely long or heavy items as efficiently as possible.

Flexible configuration options include height, run length and single or double sided storage, mean heavy duty systems can be tailored to meet the requirements and space availability of any business.

Benefits Of Cantilever Racking

Cantilever racking is the preferred commercial storage solution for a range of businesses where other forms of racking would not be suitable due to the size and weight of the items being stored. Cantilever racking offers a number of benefits including:

  • Efficient storage for long, large or heavy items
  • Open fronted design provides easy access and stock management
  • Heavy duty options offer storage for very heavy items
  • Versatile and flexible range of configuration options
  • Suitable for internal or external use
Cantilever Racking with Timber Deck
External Cantilever Rack

Cantilever Racking Specifications

Cantilever racking is built using upright beams, cross bracing between the beams as necessary and bolted arms available in a range of options of length and capacity. A full range of additional components such as ties for pallet storage, end retaining pins and truck guards are available to meet a variety of usage requirements. This racking system is suitable for indoor use and can be galvanised for outdoor storage, and is of the following specification:

  • Cantilever racks are available up to 10 metres high.
  • Cantilever arms capacity up to 5 tonnes is possible.
  • As standard, light duty arms = 250KG, medium duty = 500KG, heavy duty = 1000KG capacity
  • Columns are punched on both sides as standard, allowing use as single-sided and double-sided racks to save space
  • Adjustable arms on 150mm pitch to allow for simple arm adjustment for different load sizes as standard however other increments are available

Cantilever Racking From Avanta

Avanta UK designs, supplies and installs cantilever racking solutions for businesses throughout the UK. Whether you require light, medium or heavy duty cantilever storage, we can provide a solution that delivers positive return on investment, helping you to achieve business goals including increased productivity, enhanced safety, improved efficiency and expanded storage capacity.

As well as cantilever racking we offer a comprehensive range of commercial racking and storage solutions, along with other services such as mezzanine installation and steel partitioning systems.

So whether you require a single cantilever rack, or are embarking on a larger scale refit or refurbishment project, we have the experience and expertise to deliver everything required.

We can offer a free site survey and design service, and create a tailored solution for each client which takes into account their business requirements, usage needs and available space.

From initial survey to installation and handover, our experienced team takes care of every detail of the project for an efficient, effective and high quality turnkey solution to your storage needs.

Contact Avanta to discuss your requirements and find out more about the options available. Alternatively, contact Leeds Head Office on 0113 384 8777

Coil Racking

The Avanta Coil Racking system allows the safe storage of materials that are held on reels or drums and allows the winding and decoiling of the reels to and from the coil racks.

What Is Coil Racking?

Tubular spindles are suspended between chocks and secured to the racking upright. The position of the spindles is variable to allow varying reel depth up to 2.4 metres can be accommodated.

Coil racking can be single or double sided to save space and therefore configured in various layouts. Common applications are in electrical or automotive wholesale environments, wallpapers, carpets and cloth.

Coil Racking Bays Starter and Extension
Vertical Rack Storing Lengths of Timber

Vertical Racking And A Frame Racking Systems

These racking systems enable the safe storage and location of long items either loose or in packs.

What Is Vertical Racking?

Typical items stored includes pipes, battens, plastic extrusions, steel angles, tubes etc. all stored vertically and the adjustable arms act as dividers. The arms are relocatable and can be adjusted horizontally as stock levels change.

  • Arms adjust along the beam by hand, without the need for tools 
  • Standard depths are 450mm, 600mm, and 750mm 
  • Heights are 2m, 3m, 4m, and 5m 
  • Single or double sided
  • Floor retaining angle keeps stock safely in the rack.