Enhance Warehouse Safety with Comprehensive Racking Protection
Effective racking protection is crucial for safeguarding your warehouse infrastructure from frequent impacts caused by forklift trucks and other vehicles. Our range of products, including Rack Armour, Rack End Barriers, and Floor Rail Bumpers, offers solutions that prevent damage to critical racking structures, saving both time and money on repairs. Designed for high-traffic areas, these products ensure that your racking remains secure and operational, even in the busiest environments.
Complete Racking Protection for Every Warehouse Setting
Our Rack Armour solution leads the market in protecting pallet racking uprights, reducing impact damage by up to 80%, which extends the lifespan of your racking systems and minimises costly downtime. Floor Rail Bumpers help protect the base of racking from repeated collisions. Made from high density polyethylene (HDPE), recyclable, non-toxic materials, they’re ideal for use in food production and freezer environments.
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Applications of Racking Protection
Protecting your racking systems is crucial for maintaining the safety and operational efficiency of your warehouse. Whether you use Dexion, Link 51, Apex, or other well-known racking systems, our range of products—including Rack Armour, End of Aisle Double Rail Barriers, and Floor Rail Bumpers—is designed to prevent damage from impacts caused by forklifts and material handling equipment, ensuring your racking systems remain secure and fully operational.
1. Pallet Racking Protection
Pallet racking is a staple in warehouses across industries, providing a solution for storing heavy and bulky items. Rack Armour is specifically designed to protect the vulnerable uprights of pallet racking systems such as Dexion and Apex, reducing impact damage by up to 80%. This helps to extend the lifespan of the racking, reducing the need for repairs and downtime. Additionally, Floor Rail Bumpers offer protection to the base of pallet racking from frequent collisions, keeping your racking structure intact and operational.
2. Cantilever Racking Protection
Cantilever racking is often used for storing long, bulky items such as pipes, timber, and steel. With its open-frame design, this type of racking is more exposed to potential damage from forklifts and material handling equipment. Our End of Aisle Barriers (Single and Double Rail) offer robust protection for cantilever racking by absorbing impacts and reducing damage from vehicle traffic in high-traffic zones. The high-visibility yellow finish ensures that the racking system remains visible, promoting safer warehouse operations.
3. Drive-In and Drive-Through Racking Protection
In environments using drive-in or drive-through racking, where forklifts drive directly into storage lanes, collisions with racking systems can lead to significant damage. Our Rack Armour provides a vital layer of protection for uprights in these systems, ensuring the racking remains secure even in high-traffic lanes. Additionally, Floor Rail Bumpers can be used to protect the base of the racking, preventing vehicle impacts that could result in costly downtime and repairs.
4. Long Span and Shelf Racking Protection
For warehouses that use long span or shelving racking for smaller items, protecting the racking from impacts is equally important. End of Aisle Single Rail Barriers provide protection at vulnerable points, particularly where forklifts and other equipment interact with the racking. These barriers help prevent damage to the racking structure, which can be costly and disruptive to warehouse operations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Racking protection is essential for safeguarding pallet racking, cantilever racking, and other storage systems from frequent impacts caused by forklifts, material handling equipment (MHE), and vehicles. It helps to maintain the integrity of your racking systems, reducing the risk of damage and minimising repair costs while ensuring the safety of personnel working in high-traffic areas.
Our racking protection range includes:
- Rack Armour: Designed to protect pallet racking uprights from impact damage.
- End of Aisle Barriers: Available in single and double rail options, these barriers protect racking at vulnerable points, especially at aisle ends.
- Floor Rail Bumpers: Protect the base of racking systems from damage caused by forklifts and other material handling equipment.
- Rack Armour Installation Tool: For easy and efficient installation of Rack Armour.
Racking protection is ideal for use in:
- Warehouses: To protect pallet racking systems from forklift impacts.
- Industrial sites: Where heavy equipment is frequently used near racking systems.
- Manufacturing units: To safeguard long-span racking systems and shelving from accidental damage.
- Loading docks and high-traffic areas: To ensure that racking structures remain intact despite frequent collisions.
Rack Armour is a high-performance solution that reduces the impact damage to pallet racking uprights by up to 80%. This impact resistance extends the lifespan of your racking system and significantly lowers repair and maintenance costs, helping to keep your warehouse operational with minimal downtime.
- Single Rail End of Aisle Barriers provide basic protection for racking at aisle ends, ideal for smaller aisles or lighter traffic areas.
- Double Rail End of Aisle Barriers offer more robust protection, especially in high-traffic zones or areas where the risk of forklift impacts is higher, making them perfect for larger aisles or busier warehouse sections.
Floor Rail Bumpers are designed to protect the base of your racking systems from repeated impacts by forklifts and other material handling equipment. These bumpers absorb the shock of collisions, helping to prevent damage to both your racking and surrounding infrastructure. They are made from durable, recyclable materials, making them perfect for environments like food production and freezer areas.
Yes, our Floor Rail Bumpers, Rack End Barriers, and Rack Armour, are made from recyclable, non-toxic HDPE materials, making them an ideal solution for protecting racking in freezer environments and food production facilities, where racking systems are exposed to moisture, low temperatures, and potential impacts from forklifts.
By preventing damage to racking systems, racking protection helps keep operational workflows safe and efficient. Racking collapse is one of the most serious and potentially deadly health and safety concerns in large warehouses, and preventing these incidents is the main objective of racking protection. It also helps create safe, clearly demarcated walkways and zones where pedestrians can move safely, separated from forklifts and other machinery, reducing the risk of accidents and improving overall warehouse safety.
Yes, our End of Aisle Barriers, Rack Armour, and Floor Rail Bumpers are all designed to withstand high-traffic conditions. These products are perfect for busy environments where forklifts and MHE frequently interact with racking systems, ensuring that your equipment stays secure and operational, even in the most demanding settings.
Our racking protection products, such as Rack Armour, End of Aisle Barriers, and Floor Rail Bumpers, are designed for easy installation. For End of Aisle Barriers, installation is straightforward and can be completed with minimal downtime. For more complex installations, professional installation services are available.
