How to choose a convenient rack for the store. Archival and office metal shelving

Several years ago, when I opened my stores, there was still no tendency to organize self-service in relatively small areas.

So, both in a small store (45 m 2) and in a large one (105 m 2), I set up counters and wall shelves along the perimeter. But after many self-service stores began to appear around, I thought about changing the format. Now I needed racks of the most different forms, with which I hadn’t been working before. I studied a lot of information, catalogs, spoke with colleagues - and now I can give advice myself how to choose a rack for the store.

So, first of all you need to remember that conditionally this type of commercial furniture is divided into:

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• universal racks - such where the most different groups of goods can be placed;
• specialized racks, properties and appearance of which are more consistent with the idea of \u200b\u200bhow best to arrange bread, confectionery, vegetable products, alcohol.

For example, I needed all kinds of racks, because in my store there is a rather wide and universal assortment of goods. But modern buyers are very demanding, and therefore it is necessary to demonstrate products as attractively as possible, and to have them is convenient.

Additional lines of special accessories help to solve such various tasks:

• backlight (it is more profitable to present the goods);
• price holders;
• limiters of different heights depending on the type of product - can be made in the form of handrails, grids, slats; are made more often from metal or plastic, but options from a mirror, a tree are possible;
• partitions - help arrange the display of all the rules.

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How to choose the best manufacturer of racks

At the moment, various companies, representatives of manufacturers offer a wide range of equipment. Your choice often depends on the amount you can spend. I was looking for a more economical option. In general, in Russia today sell:

• european equipment, often German and Italian (Tegometall, Otto Kind, Market);
• turkish (Standard, Market Raf);
• domestic, a large part of the market (products of the Rus plants (Kostroma), Micron (Velikiye Luki), Vitrina and VICA (Moscow), MetOriyenter.);
• ukrainian ("Modern-Expo").

Having studied all the proposals, I concluded that the Russian equipment is not inferior, and sometimes even superior in quality to imported counterparts. Another big plus is that delivery times are usually shorter.

I was interested in metal universal shelving for most goods. For expensive alcohol, I ordered wooden cabinets and decided to buy the same for vegetables and fruits.

I chose the company "Rus". Their racks are easy to assemble, and moreover, the catalog presented many configurations and colors of painting. I liked that you can independently adjust the height of the shelves, do a slight tilt, when necessary.

Here are the basic elements of the rack:

• Stand (attached to her support).  On the perforation in its ends, all other elements are hung with the help of special hooks. The basis of a rack can be completed with legs or rollers, allowing to level its level concerning a floor.
• Rear panels.  Their presence is not necessary if the racks are placed along the wall. The main function of the back wall is to stiffen the whole structure. If you are faced with a choice, it is better to order a rack with a back wall. It is universal and suitable for a larger number of product groups. Sometimes ordered mirror panels: they create a visual effect of abundance.
• Shelf brackets.

• Formation of the product range of the store from A to Z

How to choose the type of stalls and correctly arrange them

In order to make the most of the trading space of the hall, it is necessary to include racks of various types in it.

Island racks (shelves on both sides). Most often installed in self-service stores. They advantageously occupy the space in the middle of the hall, and also naturally divide it into departments. For example, I needed four island shelves, two of which were fortified - for canned products in cans, juices, drinks, alcohol, and the other two were ordinary - mainly for groceries. I stopped at the version with four shelves - the height of the ceilings in the building is quite enough. Usually the size of the shelves increases from top to bottom. On average, the height of the upper shelf can be about 30 centimeters, and the bottom up to 50. Therefore, small goods are laid up, and larger and larger ones go up (or store stock there).

Wall shelving.The name speaks for itself - they are exposed along the walls around the perimeter of the store. You can take a deeper lower shelves (60 cm) for the demonstration of small and large goods.

End racks.Especially useful in the halls, where there are additional load-bearing columns; in the re-planned premises they will allow to go around inconvenient structures. They can also be attached to the island shelving.

Is there some more corner racks (exterior and interior). I recommend using them to use the corners of the retail space.

How beautifully arrange shelves and shelves in the store

I tried to arrange the trading floor in warm colors. So, ordered the shelves with the color of the frieze panels in orange. Therefore, for the vegetable department and for expensive alcohol, I chose wood furniture. I placed wine cabinets in front of an island rack with vodka, beer, and inexpensive drinks. Made an extra highlight. Buyers, especially men, liked my idea. In any case, I personally heard their opinion on this matter.

And for vegetables he stopped at the design version with inclined tops along the perimeter and wicker baskets installed on them. Standard equipment of such quality in the firms of my city did not offer me. There were only expensive imported options. So I ordered it separately in the carpentry shop. Found a picture that I liked on the Internet, printed and brought with him along with the calculation of the place.

In general, the choice of racking equipment is quite wide. I advise you to pay attention to the reviews of a particular supplier company. Sign a contract if the company has a good reputation, and the consultant confidently answers your questions.

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Expert opinion

Nikolai Khatskevich,

commercial Director of the FEAM Group of Companies, Moscow

Modern trade is such that the proposed range is expanding every day, while every centimeter of area counts. Natural questions arise how to save it and how to place more goods in a limited space. Manufacturers of commercial equipment are trying to answer these questions with new developments. One of them is Polybox.

These are sectional refrigerating cabinets, which take into account every centimeter of space. Although they are more expensive than the usual equipment, they save space by almost 2 times. And when you add a glass front, you can get both the display and the cooling of the goods at the same time. Neither racks nor freezers are needed. Everything is included in one unit. Agree, because it is much better to save on space, electricity and have many other advantages than to overpay for the same.

Our recent example is the equipment of mini-markets at gas stations. We have specially prepared the project, considering that people will see all the products of the store and buy it while they are waiting for the end of the refueling machine. This is the "glass front" - a very profitable option for small outlets. Shelves are shelves inside the box. By the way, they can withstand a load of up to 80 kg, which allows placing more products in the closet.

By the way, the polybox on 6 sections covers the store's needs for storing goods - you don’t even need to buy freezers. Convenience and the fact that the equipment is made to order for any premises fits into any corners.

Several types of products can be stored and displayed in it at once (for example, fish and dairy products, fruits, confectionery products) in the adjacent sections. At the same time sanitary rules are not violated. Products are securely insulated.

Another convenience is the combination of several sections with different storage temperatures in one product and the ability to store frozen, cooled and fresh products in one sectional combined cabinet.

Now is a time when you should not linger on the usual, standard solutions, but should, on the contrary, look for new ones. It is good that there are domestic manufacturers of commercial equipment who understand this and are trying to really help a business solve problems.

Information about the company

GC "FEAM". Year of creation: 1993. Services: all complex of works on equipment of trade enterprises, selection of trade, warehouse and refrigerating equipment for stores (www.feam.ru, www.poliboks.ru). Customers: Victoria, Paterson, Myasnov, U Palycha, Shokoladnitsa, Sbarro, Teremok, Burger King. Staff: 300 people

Considering the question of how to choose a rack for a warehouse, first of all you should pay attention to the storage room, and specifically to its design, which will house the storage of goods and cargo. The construction of the warehouse begins with the structure of the building in which it will be located. Shelf equipment should be selected for the existing room design (project).

In this review, we will consider the sequential steps for the selection of a storage rack, taking into account the structure of the building, ranging from a wide variety of rack structures to the physical characteristics of the rack. This review will allow you to understand which racks to choose for your working conditions, learn how to evaluate the racking for durability and of course how to find a reliable supplier of warehouse equipment.

How to prepare a warehouse logistics project?

First of all, you need to prepare a project for arranging storage space:

• First you need to measure the storage room and determine the characteristics of the room (the characteristics of the foundation, the insulation of the walls, the temperature in the room, and so on). The best will cope with this specialist designers.
• The next step is to plan the warehouse with its size and location of communications.
• The next step is planning the location of the storage racks. At this stage, you should take into account your own opinion, the opinion of experts and determine the possible ways of moving warehouse equipment.
• At the final stage, the program stock of the warehouse is prepared, which is necessary for the convenience of the staff.

By the end of the work done, the customer will have a plan for the location of the racks, the overall characteristics of the warehouse, the carrying capacity of individual places in the warehouse. After receiving this information on your hands, proceed to the selection of warehouse furniture.

What are racks?

The choice of the rack is directly based on the parameters of the warehouse. Specialists divide warehouses into many types and subspecies (large, small, warehouse complexes, production, food, trade, pharmaceutical, etc.) and in each individual case their equipment is selected. An important factor when choosing warehouse equipment is the dimensional characteristics of the goods (goods) stored in the warehouse. Consequently, in order to properly organize the warehouse process, it is necessary to select shelves for warehouse premises, taking into account the dimensional parameters of the stored goods and materials.

When choosing warehouse furniture, you should consider the safety of shelving and the safety of the warehouse as a whole. Therefore, choosing a rack, consider the weight of inventory items (TMC), which will be stored on it, as well as their dimensions. Otherwise, the load may not fit on the rack or simply destroy it due to its weight.

In practice, in the warehouse establish several types of warehouse furniture. Each warehouse equipment has its own characteristics and features, affecting the storage of goods and materials. Shelf parameters directly affect the working environment in the warehouse (convenience for access to goods and materials, area, etc.).

Thus, choosing a rack, you should first of all take into account all the characteristics of the warehouse and goods and materials that will be stored on it.

Types of racking designs

It is necessary to distinguish the following types of shelving designs:

• Mezzanine racks. These racks have a distinctive feature - the ability to complete the tiers of the rack. Bearing racks mounted both in the floor and in the ceiling - this is necessary for greater security. It is because of the design of such racks are often called ceiling. This is one of the most reliable and efficient storage racks.

• Pallet racking. Such racks are mainly focused on loading pallets with cargo in the frontal position. Pallet racks provide an opportunity for the location of both the same type of goods, and different in their characteristics. Such racks are most often installed in warehouses where equipment is used in the form of forklift trucks and stackers, and in large warehouse complexes where there is a large freight traffic.
• Console racks. A huge advantage of this type of shelving is the possibility of their location in non-standard warehouse space. Conventional cantilever racks can withstand weight up to 2 tons, but reinforced versions are used for storing heavy goods and materials.
• Deep racks. Mainly used to store large quantities of TMC. They are created and assembled by special order of the buyer, can also be installed in non-standard warehouse facilities. Sections of such shelving can be made according to special dimensional parameters and have the desired depth.
• Shelving racks. A kind of universal warehouse furniture. Differ primarily the possibility of non-standard parameters of the shelves. In this case, the buyer can choose the desired dimensions of the shelves of the rack. That is why such racks are universal.

The widest range of warehouse furniture, which can be located in standard and non-standard warehouses, is on the warehouse equipment market. Most importantly, different racks can be used in different sections of the warehouse.

Rack strength indicator

The strength of the racking design also affects the choice of type of shelving. When manufacturing technology bearing structures often use the same materials, but this does not prevent the racks to have their own characteristics, which are determined by the manufactured design. Characteristics of strength or capacity of the storage rack depends on the material of manufacture, on the geometry of the rack, shelves, on the distance between the bearing supports and on the cross section of the transverse beams.

Most often, the lower tier of the rack up to 2 meters is made of high-strength structures. Bearing supports and beams of the rack must withstand not only the declared weight of inventories, but also the weight that arises, generated when the rack and the loader collide. The loads arising from such impacts are most often extinguished by bump stops.

Based on the above conditions, it is necessary to choose a rack taking into account 125% strength (of the maximum load). The first assessment of strength is carried out according to the passport documents on the design of the rack. The maximum load values \u200b\u200bmust be indicated here.

Where to buy storage racks?

Most often, the acquisition is made in the company that developed the design plan of the rack. But there are also tender purchases of warehouse equipment. First of all, it is necessary to compare commercial offers and, in turn, choose a cost-effective offer.

It should be noted that tenders usually win the cheapest offers. But as you know, cheap does not guarantee quality. This is due to the fact that cheap design shelves do not have sufficient wear resistance, they are usually made with metal savings. Therefore, more expensive storage racks can withstand a large load.

Warehouses equipped with more expensive shelving systems may accept for storage a greater number of inventories than warehouses with a budget version of the racks.

Purchase racks from suppliers who have offered the best price and good quality.

Should I buy domestic racks?

Today's domestic warehouse suppliers collect designs using foreign technologies, but there are also domestic technologies that are virtually indistinguishable from foreign ones and, on the contrary, even better in some aspects.

Foreign designs differ in technical capabilities, overall dimensions are maintained everywhere, thereby ensuring high quality of assembly. Domestic designs are more focused on strength and carrying capacity, and not on the accuracy of assembly. But there are exceptions.

In some areas of warehouse furniture, domestic manufacturers still cannot compare with their foreign competitors. For example, in the segment of mobile and gravitational (non-standard) racks.

If your warehouse has non-standard parameters, then it is best to purchase rack equipment from foreign suppliers or their dealers in the Russian market.

According to experts, for 2014-2015, the need for non-standard storage racks fluctuates at the level of a couple of percent. Our manufacturers also do not sit still and some are already able to compete with foreign suppliers.

Choose warehouse equipment correctly, taking into account all the details. Do not pursue cheapness.

Shelving for the house is a very convenient and functional storage system. They are quite versatile, and therefore relevant in any interior, both classical and modern.

In modern apartments you can often find many different types of shelving. They are very popular, since at the same time they allow to organize the space as much as possible and visually facilitate it.

Home shelving: types and functions

To begin, consider what are the racks for the house. The simplest type of shelving consists of shelves and has no rear walls. Due to the fact that its construction does not include walls and doors, it does not clutter the space, but creates a feeling of lightness.

This shelving fits perfectly into a minimal design.rooms and suitable for storing billets and products in the pantry. Another type of home shelving is multifunctional and elegant shelving made of wood or chipboard. They can be equipped with various partitions, shelves, drawers and boxes, pallets, rear walls, lower cabinets, etc.

Zoning Rack

In the interior of the house rack can play the role of partitions for zoning a large room.  For example. In the living room, he can separate the recreation area from the dining room, in the office - the library from the computer, and in the children's room - the play area from the bedroom. For these purposes, mobile racks on wheels are very often used today, which can be easily moved from one place to another.

What are shelving in the house for

Depending on the location of the rack on it can be stored a variety of items.  Most often, shelves are used for books, they can stand in almost any room.

Modern book shelves have an advantage over other cabinet furniture, as they allow rational use of room space, have an attractive appearance and are inexpensive.

They are also very roomy, taking up very little space, so that the interior is not overloaded.

Rack in the hallway

A small flat shelving is suitable for the hallway.  which will take up little space, but will contain all the necessary things: umbrellas, hats, bags, scarves and shoes.

Rack in the kitchen

In the kitchen the rack can play the role of traditional shelves and wall cabinets.  Having adapted a shallow big rack for kitchen utensils, you will simultaneously solve the problem of placing objects and make the kitchen modern and fashionable.

Shelving in the living room

In the living room rack can be an alternative to the traditional "wall".It can accommodate books, souvenirs, a stereo system, and a TV with a DVD player. Its spaciousness and lightness will allow you not to clutter up the living room space with bulky closets and dressers.

The rack can be independent  represent part of the storage system or the system itself may consist of several racks. You can assemble such a “furniture designer” in any furniture store, based on your taste.

Rack in the nursery

Do not do without shelving in the nursery.Since open storage systems allow the child to easily find and retrieve the right things. He will be happy to arrange the toys on the shelves and play on them. And, having matured, he will put his textbooks on the shelves of the rack.

Shelving near the workplace

It is also very convenient to put a small rack near the home computer.  It can easily fit CDs, printer paper, reference books, books, magazines and other accessories that will always be available.

Rack for plants

Many housewives love to use racks for growing flowers.After all, they can easily be placed at once many different pots of flowers, in contrast to the windowsills, which contain a limited number of plants.

Shelving design in the house

It is necessary to select the style and color of the rack, focusing on the overall solution of the interior. And you can make it a "highlight" of the room and choose an unusual design and bright color, which will distinguish it from the general style.

Modern racks can be made of a variety of materials.  For example, for an apartment in the high-tech style suitable rack of metal and glass. Its shelves are made of tempered colored or clear glass, and the frame is made of chromed aluminum or steel.

Shelves made from natural wood or wood-based panels are also always in fashion.  Thanks to the special moisture-resistant impregnations, they are very practical and hygienic. Shelving can be made entirely of glass, metal, plastic, wood or laminated plates. Or they may have the most original combinations of materials. Given the low cost of shelving, unlike other options for home furniture, anyone can afford them.

Rack for home - photo

When organizing a warehouse, the question arises how to choose racks for a warehouse, primarily taking into account the load they must withstand. It is also important to determine their type, to assess the ease of placement, build quality and overall efficiency of the rack. All of the above components are required when choosing shelves to order, because the purchase of this equipment is carried out for many years. All of this in more detail and will be discussed below.

The most important characteristics of shelving

How to choose racks for a warehouse, if there are so many varieties of them, they have different structural and functional characteristics? For the proper selection of shelving systems, it is necessary to take into account a number of nuances:

1. Design features. Each rack is designed for a specific load of one shelf or the entire section. Depending on its purpose, type of products or goods that will be stored on it for a short-term or long-term storage and the desired parameter is selected. Whether the structure will withstand the loads that are assumed to occur during its use depends on whether it has a safety margin or not.
2. Dimensions. One of the most important indicators, which is determined by the height of the rack, as well as the depth of its shelves. Accordingly, according to the first parameter, the loading equipment will be selected or vice versa - under the existing loader a certain maximum height of the upper shelf will be needed. Depth determines how large-scale products, pallets with goods can be stored on them. The distance between the shelves (shelf height) and between the supports of one section (shelf width) should also be considered for this reason.
3. Security. How to choose a rack for a warehouse and be as confident as possible that under the imposed loads it will not collapse and will not bring great losses. With the weighing of all data on design and use, elementary calculations are made of the volume and weight assumed for each "reference point".
4. Quality of equipment. Almost all factors of successful and long-term use depend on the quality of materials for shelving. When using high-quality materials, the equipment is able to withstand the masses much more than stated in the passport data on it and be operated in conditions deviating from the normalized ones.
5. Operating conditions. So how to choose the racks in each case is necessary for certain conditions (humidity, temperature, need for rearrangement in the future), then all these data also affect the requirements for them. If necessary, the use of auxiliary equipment should pay attention to the design, compatible with it, so that later there were no problems with the movement of goods and goods.

Features of the choice of shelving for home

How to choose shelving for the home is a task similar to warehouse shelving. But more advantageous characteristics will be: functionality, portability and spaciousness of the rack. At home, the requirements for maximum strength, due to extremely heavy loads are absent. And they are used for the storage of "improvised" materials, which may come in handy in a short time. When ordering racks, the customer needs how to choose racks for the house inexpensive and extremely high-quality, with the aim of their long-term use and minimal investment in maintaining performance.

Why do you need professional advice

How to choose racks, as well as determine from which material and where they are best placed for maximum convenience and functionality, our experts will tell you.

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• high quality equipment, time-tested;
• individual approach to the solution of each task;
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Today we will talk with you about what a rack. This interior object has long ceased to be an exclusively industrial object, although so far many people associate it with a heavy and cumbersome metal structure.

Shelves come in different shapes, they differ in size, scope of use and the material from which they are made. But their main purpose is always the same - the organization of space and compact storage of a variety of things.

Definition and Functionality

So, to make it easier to understand what a rack, you need to find out where the name of this structure originated from. The source of this definition can be considered the Dutch word Stellen, which in Russian means “to place”. In a more familiar interpretation of our ears, it was modified to the German Stellage.

In a dry academic language, this device has the definition of a structure consisting of a frame assembled from racks and crossbars, on which floorings are installed in several tiers. The rack is designed for storing piece objects and materials - this is its main function. In everyday life, it can serve not only for its intended purpose, but also as a barrier necessary for fencing individual zones in a room.

Basically, racks are metal structures in which the frame is made of pipes of different thickness (depending on the load that will be placed on them) and floor slabs of boards, chipboard or perforated metal sheets.

Types of racks for use

The simplest and most common type of racking device is considered a simple stationary design with shelves-cells. Their depth, height and width can vary depending on the dimensions of the objects stored in them. Modified models are equipped with sliding shelves, and sometimes an automated search system for ease of use of files and documentation. Do you know what a pallet rack, console or piler?

The first ones are equipped with grooves for placing warehouse pallets in them, which greatly simplifies the storage and movement of goods. The console and the rack stacker are specialized systems that do not contain stationary decking, the shelves can be fully completed and adjusted in height with the help of universal hooks-clamps.

Depending on where shelf constructions are used, they are divided into:

• archival - devices of narrow profile, suitable for storing card files and documentation, which is rarely required;
• office - usually it is stationary, convenient in operation racks, where business papers, different objects are put;
• exhibition - special designs that are used to create expositions, demonstration of industrial products;
• warehouse - most often it is metal shelving, they can be mobile, have a different structure and purpose;
• household - fall under a separate category of furniture that can be used as an interior item in a residential, office or work space.

Due to the fact that the range of equipment needed to optimize storage and office space is very diverse, you need to be balanced with his choice.

What are the racks

Once the main material for the manufacture of shelving was wood. However, the racks and floors of this raw material did not differ in durability, especially in wet and cold warehouse conditions, therefore metal was replaced by wood.

Modern racks are made from a metal profile on which a powder-polymer coating is applied. Such constructions are distinguished by good resistance to various atmospheric influences, have an enhanced carrying capacity, are reliable and durable.

In the predominant majority of household and office racks, as well as some types of exhibition, collected from MDF, durable plastic or natural wood. It can be monolithic structures in which the frame and flooring are a single product. However, there are such modifications where glass shelves are installed. Shelving most often do not have a back wall. Also this one does not close the doors.

Business projects

What are racks and what is the scope of their application, entrepreneurs necessarily know, regardless of the vector of their activities. Where can you need such equipment?

• On the production - for the situation of storage facilities.
• In sales, at the points of sale of goods, we need not only designs for equipment for utility rooms and warehouses, but also retail shelving in the halls for visitors.
• At fairs and thematic exhibitions - as showcases for demonstrative product samples.

As we have said, there are also office shelves necessary for systematization and storage of documentation, but also this furniture will be useful for decoration of premises in catering establishments, schools, kindergartens, medical institutions, etc.

Domesticated industry

In the interior decoration rack can simply be an indispensable object. This lightweight and versatile design has many incarnations. The rack can be made not only in the traditional form of a high rack with shelves arranged in a strictly geometrical order with perfectly smooth lines and features, but also have a more modernized appearance. Modern furniture designers offer asymmetric designs of various heights, widths and depths.

Shelves made of MDF panels are the most popular among buyers. This predisposition is due to ease of installation, as well as its versatility. Furniture manufacturers make modular racks, the location of the cells of which is possible in various ways, which allows you to modify this piece of furniture depending on the current needs and features of the room.

You can install the structure in almost any room, it all depends on its size. A small rack will fit into the interior of the hallway or bathroom, a large height and width design will be an excellent addition to the living room or bedroom.

Paradise for the reader

And if in the common areas of a multi-tier shelf will rather serve as a showcase for a variety of souvenirs and other nice little things, in the children's and home office the shelving is special purpose furniture. In the child’s room, it will be an ideal place to store numerous toys and textbooks, exercise books, handicrafts, and awards. In the study or home library, a bookcase will help you intelligently organize the space and arrange the print media according to your personal preferences and aesthetic convictions.