Drive In Racking

Drive-in racking is typically the most dense storage system at the lowest investment per pallet position. The system is Last-In/First-Out (LIFO) and is best suited for quick turning product that turn in pallet quantities or for product that will be stored long-term. While material costs are lower for drive-in racking than other types of dense storage, loading and unloading requires more time than pushback or pallet flow racking.

When pallets are accessed, the forklift “drives in” to the racking. Therefore, it is important to coordinate the design of drive-in racking with the equipment you utilize. Pallets are loaded onto angle “drive-in rails” and pallets are supported only from the edge. Because of this, it is important to use quality pallets and design the drive-in system for the pallet types to be stored.

Advantages

• More dense storage; maximizing cube space
• Reduces number of required aisles; further increases cubed space utilization
• Typically provides the lowest cost per pallet position among dense rack solutions