How to Identify Old Pallet Rack Brands
Pallet racks are large, metallic shelving units used for holding boxes in warehouses and other storage areas. Pallet racks can extend to be any length desired, and they feature adjustable shelving heights so that they can accommodate payloads of different sizes. If you have just purchased or have inherited some old pallet racks, you may wish to know the brand so that you can order compatible shelving or resell the racks. You can differentiate between the many pallet rack brands by looking at the shape of the vertical beams, increments of height adjustment and the shape of the holes on the vertical beams.
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Look for a brand name. On many pallet racks, the brand is stamped or etched on the vertical or horizontal beams.
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Look at the beams on the pallet rack. Since most pallet rack beams are rectangular, an oddly shaped beam makes the rack easy to identify. If the beams are tubes, with small round screw holes along the tube, it is an Artco Tube Pallet Rack.
If the shape is a trapezoid with one square side and one triangular side, similar to a baseball home place, the rack is an Inca Pallet Rack. If the rack is five sided, has trapezoidal openings on the front and round holes on the sides, it is a Husky Crashguard Pallet Rack.
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Look at the increments by which the height of the rack can be adjusted, or how far apart the holes are on the vertical supports. Most racks are adjustable in 2- to 3-inch increments, if the increments are larger, you can narrow down the possibilities.
If the holes are spaced in the 4-inch increments and they consist of two rows of narrow rectangles on the front of the rack, it is likely a Ridg-U-Rak Pallet Rack. Narrow rectangular holes spaced 4 inches apart but in only one row on the two front corners belong to a Sturdi Built PalletRack.
If the holes are spaced in 4-inch increments and they are narrow rectangles that addition of one extra long side that forms an upside-down "L" shaped bottom, they are Webb/Slide-N-Lock racks. If the increments are 4 inches and the holes are circular with an oval teardrop shape at the bottom, they are Sammons Pallet Racks.
If the rack is adjustable in 4- to 6-inch increments and the holes are small and rounded, it is a Burtman Structural Pallet Rack. If the holes are only adjustable in 9-inch increments, it is most likely a Lok-Rack Pallet Rack.
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Examine the shape of the holes and how many rows of holes are placed adjacent to each other. If the holes are wide rectangles, it is a Palmer-Shile Pallet Rack. If the holes are rectangular with the two sides stretched out to form diamond shapes, it is a Dexion Pallet Rack.
If the holes are two rows of rounded rectangles with the long sides horizontal and the central ends angled downwards, it is an Amerlok Pallet Rack. If the holes are two rows of circles it is a Hi-Line Pallet Rack. If the holes consist of two rows of rectangles surrounded by two rows of squares, it is a Redi-Rack Pllet rack.
If the holes consist of two rows of rectangular trapezoids with upside-down "L" shaped bottoms and a row or circular holes down the middle, it is a Prest/Jarvis-Web Pallet Rack. If the holes are two rows of rectangles with the bottom ends angled inwards, it is a Penco Pallet rack. If the holes are two rows of fat rectangeles it is a T-Bolt Pallet Rack.
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Look to see if the holes are long trapezoidal rectangles with bottom ends smaller than the top ends. If the there are two rows of holes present, it is a Hallowell Pallet Rack. If the holes are similar to those of the Hallowell but feature only one row, it is a Husky Pallet rack. If the holes are similar to the Husky but the trapezoids are separated by small circular holes, it is a Nedcon Pallet Rack.
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Look to see if the holes are round with an oval teardrop shape extending downwards. If the downwards extending teardrop is very thin, it is a Frick Gallagher Pallet Rack. If the teardrop is almost as wide as the circular hole and it ends in a flat end, it is a Paltier Pallet Rack. If the teardrop is almost as wide as the circular hole, the end is round and it is asymmetrical in the shape of a kidney bean, it is an old style Interlake Pallet Rack. A new style Interlake rack features holes of the same shape except the edges are square instead of rounded.
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Look for oddly shaped or oddly placed holes that do not fit into any of the previous categories. If the holes are circular and on either side of the vertical posts instead of on the front of the posts, it is an Engineered Products Pallet Rack. If the holes are circular and on the side corners it is a Speedrack Pallet Rack. If the holes are rectangles placed on the corners it is a Studi-Bilt Pallet Rack. If the holes are a single row of rectangles with a cut out on the bottom that forms an upside-down "U" shape, it is a Unarco II Pallet Rack. If the holes look like baseball home plates with point facing downwards and there is one row on the front and one row on one side, it is an EMI Pallet Rack. If the holes look like upside-down home plates but there are two rows on the front, it is a D'Altrui Pallet Rack. If the front of the rack is indented and there are rectangular holes in two rows on either side of the indent, it is a Buckley Pallet Rack.
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