{"id":3688,"date":"2012-12-05T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=3688"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:18:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:18:24","slug":"new-considerations-for-industrial-storage-racks-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/storage-solutions\/new-considerations-for-industrial-storage-racks-released\/","title":{"rendered":"New Considerations for Industrial Storage Racks Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3691\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShelvingAndRacks1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShelvingAndRacks1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Shelving and racks\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShelvingAndRacks1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShelvingAndRacks1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShelvingAndRacks1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bahrns.com offers a wide variety of shelving and racks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rack Manufacturers Institute (a division of the Material Handling Industry of America) has published a 2012 edition of \u201cConsiderations for the Planning and Use of Industrial Steel Storage Racks.\u201d The new update is intended to inform and educate readers about storage system design, best practices, safety issues, proper usage and avoiding personal injury and property damage.<\/p>\n<p>Racks are single or sometimes multi-level structural storage systems allowing high stacking of items or palletized loads. <a title=\"Racking systems\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/Shelving-and-Racks-714.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racking systems<\/a> are an important part of all material handling, storage, and distribution operations. \u201cThe right racks allow rapid access to stored or mounted materials, as well as a dependable, ergonomic product storage solution,\u201d states the Rack Manufacturers Institute website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhia.org\/rmi\">https:\/\/www.mhia.org\/rmi<\/a> . \u201cRacking systems maximize facility space while simplifying inventory requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bahrns.com offers shelving and racks for a wide variety of uses. These include cantilever, stacking, drum, pallet, reel, cable and bar racking systems. Our customers\u2019 options are virtually unlimited thanks to the many accessories available for all of the shelving and racks we carry.<\/p>\n<p>Rack Manufacturers Institute is an industry trade association that was formed in 1958. Its mission is \u201cto advance standards, quality, safety and general fitness for intended use of industrial steel storage rack systems and welded wire rack decking,\u201d according to the RMI website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsiderations for the Planning and Use of Industrial Steel Storage Racks \u2013 2012 Edition\u201d was released last month and is available for download via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhia.org\/\">https:\/\/www.mhia.org\/<\/a> . (Click \u201cShop MHIA\u201d and scroll down for \u201cStorage Racks and Wire Decking.\u201d) The product description states that \u201cthese considerations have been prepared to give advice to the warehouse operator who may not be a specialist in technical matters or in the detail design related to the storage facility.\u201d The publication is free for Rack Manufacturers Institute members or $25.00 for non-members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rack Manufacturers Institute (a division of the Material Handling Industry of America) has published a 2012 edition of \u201cConsiderations for the Planning and Use of Industrial Steel Storage Racks.\u201d The new update is intended to inform and educate readers about storage system design, best practices, safety issues, proper usage and avoiding personal injury and property &#8230; <a title=\"New Considerations for Industrial Storage Racks Released\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/storage-solutions\/new-considerations-for-industrial-storage-racks-released\/\" aria-label=\"More on New Considerations for Industrial Storage Racks Released\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[293,26],"tags":[1079,850,1080,849,851],"class_list":["post-3688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-storage-solutions","tag-material-handling","tag-rack-manufacturers-institute","tag-safety","tag-storage-racks","tag-storage-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12915,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3688\/revisions\/12915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}