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METHODS INVOLVED IN PALLET
STORAGE
• Push Back Rack
• Warehouse storage method whereby a given stock is taken to the
storage area by use of a carrier that is rail-guided is known as
pushback rack. In this method, there is pushing back to the area of
storage of the other stocks when the given stock is placed in the store.
Here, it means that upon the removal of a given stock from the store,
another stock occupies that space.
• Pallet Flow Rack
• Warehouse storage method that is mainly conducted by the
warehouses that are accompanied by high throughput is known as
pallet flow rack. It is a type of method that allows the pallets
contained on a conveyor to be offloaded in a FIFO style. This allows
another pallet to occupy the position that is left empty.
• Drive-In Rack
• Warehouse storage method that gives rise to around 10 spaces of
pallet load that are alike to the double-deep type of racking is known
as the drive-in rack. The lanes for the drive-in makes it possible for the
removing and placing of the load by the forklift. But this forklift has a
space that is limited in maneuvering and as a result, the time for
placing and removing the pallets is increased.