Transform your warehouse from a crowded floor space into a high-density, organized, and damage-free operation. Our stackable material racks are engineered to protect your bagged goods, maximize your cubic footprint, and streamline your entire material handling workflow. Stop stacking problems, start stacking solutions.
For industries producing bagged products like flour, animal feeds, or cement, warehouse storage presents a persistent challenge. The common practice of floor stacking—placing pallet upon pallet—seems cost-effective at first glance. However, this method introduces significant, often unmeasured, operational costs. The bottom layers of goods bear the entire weight of the stack, leading to compression damage, burst sacks, and product contamination. This results in direct financial loss from unsellable inventory and creates safety hazards from unstable stacks.
Furthermore, floor stacking enforces a rigid "Last-In, First-Out" (LIFO) inventory system. Accessing a specific batch or SKU buried at the bottom of a stack requires a time-consuming, labor-intensive process of moving every pallet on top of it. This inefficiency slows down order fulfillment and complicates inventory management, especially for businesses with a diverse range of products that require careful rotation.
The solution lies in changing the fundamental principle of stacking. Instead of allowing products to bear the load, a stack rack, also known as a metal post pallet or pallet stillage, introduces a load-bearing steel frame. This simple but revolutionary concept means the weight of each level is transferred directly through the rack’s vertical posts to the floor. Your products, whether they are delicate sacks of flour or heavy industrial components, bear zero weight from the levels above. This immediately unlocks new possibilities for storage density and operational efficiency.
With a portable stack rack system, each pallet load is contained within its own protective steel skeleton. This completely eliminates the risk of crushing, splitting, and contamination associated with floor stacking. For food and feed manufacturers, this means a drastic reduction in product write-offs, ensuring that goods reach the customer in perfect condition. It safeguards the quality and integrity of your inventory, transforming a recurring loss into a reliable asset.
Most warehouses have significant unused vertical space. Floor stacking is limited by the crush strength of the products, typically capping out at two or three pallets high. Heavy duty stack racks bypass this limitation entirely. By creating a stable, engineered structure, you can safely stack loads 4, 5, or even 6 levels high, effectively converting unused air space into valuable storage locations. This can increase your warehouse storage capacity by up to 400% without the need for expensive expansion or relocation. The system turns your floor plan into a cubic storage powerhouse.
The benefits of an industrial stacking rack system extend far beyond simple storage. Because they are not bolted to the floor like traditional racking, they provide unparalleled flexibility, allowing you to reconfigure your warehouse layout on demand to meet changing inventory levels and operational needs.
Unlike block stacking, a system of pallet stacking racks gives your forklift operators direct access to any pallet at any time. This 100% selectivity is critical for operations with multiple SKUs, batch control requirements, or date-sensitive products. It eliminates the wasted time and labor of shuffling inventory, speeding up picking processes and improving overall warehouse throughput. Your team can retrieve the exact product they need, when they need it.
When demand shifts or a section of your warehouse needs to be cleared for staging or cross-docking, portable stack racks can be easily moved with a forklift. When empty, the posts can be removed and the bases nested together, reducing their storage footprint by up to 80%. This "nesting" capability is also a game-changer for returnable transport packaging (RTP) programs, dramatically cutting the cost of shipping empty racks back to the source and making a closed-loop supply chain economically viable.
The performance of a stack rack system is rooted in specific design features that directly improve safety and productivity. These are not just racks; they are tools engineered for the modern industrial environment.
| Feature | Operational Value |
| Cup Feet Self-Aligning Design | The conical "cup feet" on the base guide the posts of the rack above, allowing forklift operators to stack units quickly and safely without precise alignment. This reduces handling time by 20-30% and minimizes the risk of toppling accidents. |
| Removable (Demountable) Posts | Allows empty racks to be broken down and nested. This feature is crucial for saving space in the warehouse during slow seasons and drastically lowers return shipping costs in a closed-loop system. |
| Heavy-Duty Steel Construction | Engineered to handle specified load capacities with a significant safety factor. This robust build ensures long-term durability in demanding industrial environments and protects both your products and your personnel. |
| Forklift Pockets / Guides | Integrated guides ensure proper fork alignment for safe and efficient handling. This prevents damage to the rack structure and the goods it holds during transport within the facility. |
Absolutely. Our heavy duty stack racks are engineered from high-strength steel and are designed with specific load capacities, often ranging from 1,000 kg to 2,000 kg per rack. They are purpose-built to safely handle the dense weight of bagged goods and allow for vertical stacking without any risk to the product.
They improve inventory management by providing 100% selectivity. Because each rack is an independent, movable unit, you can access any specific pallet without moving others. This is ideal for managing different SKUs, tracking batch codes, and implementing a "First-In, First-Out" (FIFO) system, which is impossible with floor stacking.
No, they are designed for simplicity and flexibility. Assembly involves inserting the removable posts into the corner sockets on the base—no tools are required. The entire loaded or unloaded unit is then easily moved by a standard forklift, allowing you to reconfigure your warehouse layout in minutes, not days.
The key difference is flexibility. Traditional pallet racks are static structures bolted to the floor, creating permanent aisles. Stack racks are portable and modular. They create a "rack system" wherever you need it, and when not in use, they can be disassembled and stored compactly, freeing up valuable floor space for other operations.
The ability to remove the posts allows the empty bases to be nested or stacked tightly together. A stack of 5-6 nested empty racks takes up the same space as a single assembled rack. This means a return truck can carry 5-6 times more empty units per trip, dramatically reducing fuel and labor costs for return shipments in an RTP system.
