| Cantilever shelves enable you to store any | | | | capacitance of an individual cantilever shelving arm. |
| awkwardly proportioned or exceptionally lengthy | | | | 2. To determine the strength and number of uprights |
| materials safely and conveniently. They are | | | | to order, again divide your total weight by the |
| extremely beneficial when it comes to converting | | | | projected number of vertical support to ensure that |
| what you may perceive to be an unusable section of | | | | the divided weight is equal to or less than the total |
| floor space into functional storage space. Cantilever | | | | capacity of the piece. Never allow the weight on a |
| shelving also helps maintain a safer, less cluttered | | | | single cantilever arm to exceed the weight capacity |
| work environment. You will no longer have use the | | | | of a vertical upright. To do so would put stress on |
| floor to store things like sheet rock, metal sheets, or | | | | the entire system. |
| piping that can create trip hazards and present | | | | 3. Make certain too that the depth of the load never |
| obstructions to people and vehicles. Another | | | | exceeds the length of the cantilever arm. If it does, |
| advantage you can obtain from cantilever shelves is | | | | the cantilever arms are pulled forward and the |
| the organizational power they can add to your | | | | shelving unit can potentially tip forward. |
| process flow. With the appropriately sized cantilever | | | | 4. Divide the total product length by the total number |
| racks, any number of products that normally defy | | | | of arms, and then divide the product again by two. |
| categorization and easy access storage can be | | | | This will determine the total overhang of your |
| segregated and compartmentalized for inventory and | | | | equipment on either side of each arm. Without the |
| retrieval on demand. The improvements that | | | | proper degree of overhang, the arms will be stressed |
| cantilever shelving will add to your organization will | | | | or the cantilever shelf will become horizontally |
| recover funds often lost by needless overtime hours | | | | imbalanced. |
| and errors in inventory and stock selection. Although | | | | If you do not have time to do all these calculations, |
| these returns on investment may appear at face | | | | or simply do not working out math yourself, call us |
| value intangible and nebulous, they are absolutely real | | | | and let us do it for you. We specialize in building |
| and will over the course of time pay for the | | | | custom cantilever shelves for virtually any storage |
| equipment itself. | | | | need including, but not limited to: |
| Cantilever shelves are different from traditional | | | | * Tubing and pipe storage |
| shelving systems and pallet racking systems. Rather | | | | * Metal bar stock and rods |
| than supporting a flat surface with a traditionally | | | | * Appliances. |
| designed frame, cantilever shelves uses vertical | | | | * Rugs and rolls of fabric |
| uprights and adjustable arms that extend outward. | | | | * Furniture |
| Cantilever arms will either extend outward horizontally | | | | * Merchandise in large boxes. |
| at a straight 90 degree angle to the upright, or they | | | | * Lumber and wood products |
| will angle slightly upward. Generally speaking, flat | | | | * TV's, stereos and electronic components. |
| items like dry wall are stored on the horizontal arms, | | | | * Poles |
| and longer, cylindrical materials are stored on arms | | | | * Aluminum Sheets |
| that angle upward to act as a supportive cradle that | | | | * Wooden Crates |
| prevents roll offs. Knowing which type of uprights | | | | * Plywood |
| and arms to use in your cantilever rack requires first | | | | * Plumbing pipe cantilever shelves racks. |
| determining exactly what you plan to use it for. It | | | | * Dry wall |
| also requires some calculation of weight load and | | | | * Metal Crates |
| distribution which either simple math or a phone call | | | | * Sheet Metal. |
| to an material handling consultant can help you quickly | | | | * Fabricated long parts |
| determine. | | | | * Flake boards |
| Because uprights and arms are sold individually, most | | | | * Masonite sheets |
| cantilever shelves are actually custom creations of | | | | * Marble |
| our clients. There are preconfigured systems we | | | | * Granite and other stone products |
| have available that are designed for light and general | | | | Organizing a warehouse or manufacturing facility is |
| storage needs. Details of these units can be obtained | | | | easy with cantilever shelves. They make your |
| by clicking here, or by calling your material handling | | | | environment more efficient and more organized, and |
| vendor. | | | | the also make it safer by presenting no vertical |
| If you are going to build your own custom shelving | | | | obstructions. We help our clients build cantilever |
| out of cantilever supports and arms, it is important to | | | | shelving systems according to precise load size and |
| follow four general principles in determining exactly | | | | weight, and we ensure the correct allowance for |
| which items you will need to create a medium duty | | | | vertical clearance. We will also advise you on when it |
| or heavy duty storage system for your warehouse | | | | may be necessary to add guide rails and entrance |
| or factory. | | | | guards to protect equipment and materials from |
| 1. First, determine load capacitance by dividing the | | | | damage. Ordering cantilever racks online is a simple, |
| total amount of weight you will store by the number | | | | safe and secure procedure. Our internet staff of |
| of arms you plan to order. You must procure enough | | | | shelving associates will not ship an order until it meets |
| arms to evenly divide individual proportions of the | | | | all functional and safety requirements mandated by |
| load that are equal to or less than the total weight | | | | principles of excellence and industry regulations. |