Cantilever Racking – The Uses And Benefits

Outsized items

Piping, tubing, and outsized items, in general, are not exclusive to the building trade – far from it. With everything from creative industries to sports, where there are outsized products to store and warehouses to supply to them, cantilever racking can prove very handy indeed.

Just some of the long product loads the design can store across a broad and diverse set of market sectors include;

• Tubing
• Timber Lengths
• Steel Lengths
• Worktops

Storing building materials

Whether wholesale or local DIY stores, you will most likely have seen cantilever in action as a building materials racking solution. The design provides an excellent solution for building merchants and large stores to hold a variety of different outsize products.

Its adaptability allows you to add shelving units and change the configuration of the cantilever arms as you need to, providing storage for poles, beams, timber, lumber, drywall and much more.

Storing metal

Storing metal can be tricky and hazardous, especially where sharp-edged sheet metal is concerned. Rusty, poorly maintained, and limp racking will do nothing favourable for metal products in storage.

Instead, cantilever racking from Nene with its previously mentioned galvanised steel ensures excellent weather resistance and longevity. Furthermore, with uninterrupted storage capacity thanks to no intermittent or end uprights, you can not only maximise your storage options but also, with the addition of a consistent racking maintenance programme, keep products in excellent condition – meaning no rusting, creasing or denting from poorly constructed racking.

So whether it’s aluminium sheets, steel pipes or wrought iron railings, cantilever racks provide sturdy industrial storage space that is fit for purpose.

Outside storage

Did we mention cantilever is manufactured from galvanised steel?

It seems like labouring the point, but it makes a huge difference, protecting the racking from rust and deterioration. This not only protects your products, but your people too, with deterioration and poor maintenance critical issues to be aware of and address with any racking. With incidents and injury so often caused by these two things, galvanised steel, robustness, and durability all of a sudden become a much hotter topic than just a nice USP to have.

Easily adjustable

Cantilever racking can essentially be tailored to fit the need. With the arms set to fixed or adjustable and the length and depth of the storage at your creative disposal, you can store a whole host of different products and items. If you have seasonal changes in your products or perhaps experience growth and need greater flexibility for new products lines, then cantilever can work with you when you want it to.

Highly versatile

While it may seem simple, cantilever is highly versatile. For example, for warehouse walls, single-sided cantilever racking can be used and take full advantage of the sturdy wall space, further supplemented by double-sided racking in the aisle spaces or as a room divider.

Need shelving too? Just speak to our designers, and we can configure that for you, with options such as the plug-in system that can support shelving units that can individually extend.

We have talked about the racking uses in and outside already, but there are further advantages to be had with side or roof cladding. Ideal for providing extra space and protection, without having to build or find entirely new premises for a temporary need.

And size isn’t everything, so if your products are still outsized but smaller, there are cantilever racking options that take castor fittings for mobile shelving capabilities.