Is Your Warehouse Full? Recover 50% Floor Space with Roll-Out Racks

Real estate is one of the highest fixed costs for any metal distributor or manufacturer. If you are considering a facility expansion because your current warehouse feels “full,” look at your aisles first. In a traditional static racking layout, nearly 60% of your floor space is consumed by forklift travel lanes. This is wasted capital. The Draagarmstelling eliminates these wide aisles. By allowing arms to extend 100% for overhead crane access, you can compress your storage footprint by half, effectively doubling your capacity without laying a single new brick.   Praten met experts

The Economics of Air Rights vs. Floor Space

When you store 12-meter steel beams or heavy pipes using floor stacking, you are limited by how high you can safely stack stable piles. Usually, this leaves meters of valuable vertical air space empty. Conversely, if you use standard cantilever racks, you utilize the height, but you pay a heavy “tax” on the floor: the turning radius of a heavy-duty sideloader or forklift.

The roll-out system resolves this geometric conflict. It utilizes the full vertical height of your facility (up to 5-6 meters) while requiring an aisle width of only about 1.5 meters—just enough for a person to walk and the drawer to extend. For a standard 2,000 square meter storage zone, switching to a telescopic system can typically reclaim 800 to 1,000 square meters of usable production space.

Stop Burying Your Cash Flow

Floor stacking is the enemy of cash flow. The “First-In-Last-Out” (FILO) nature of stacking bundles means your oldest inventory—the material you bought months ago—is often trapped at the bottom of the pile. This leads to:

• Obsolete Inventory: Material that rusts or expires because it’s too difficult to reach.
• Hidden Damage: Crushing weight damages the bottom layers, which isn’t discovered until months later.
• Over-Purchasing: Buying new stock because you can’t find or access the existing stock quickly.

With telescopic racks, every bundle is accessible 100% of the time. You can implement a strict First-In-First-Out (FIFO) system easily because the oldest stock is never buried. It turns your inventory from a static pile into a dynamic, accessible asset.

A Safer Environment for Handling Structural Steel

Moving I-beams and heavy tubing is inherently dangerous. Forklifts operating in tight aisles with wide loads are a recipe for rack collisions and product avalanches. The telescopic rack system removes the “momentum” risk.

Instead of balancing a 2-ton load on forks while reversing and turning, the operator simply extends the rack arm. The load is stationary and supported. The overhead crane then lifts it straight up. This vertical lift path is the safest possible way to handle heavy, long materials. It removes the horizontal inertia that causes most warehouse accidents involving long goods.

Customized for Your Specific Inventory Mix

Not all steel is created equal. You likely handle a mix of short off-cuts, standard 6-meter lengths, and extra-long 12-meter extrusions. A “one-size-fits-all” static rack often wastes space with inappropriate shelf spacing.

Telescopic racks are modular. We can configure one column spacing for your flexible conduit pipes and a different, wider spacing for your rigid structural beams. We can install dividers on the arms to separate different SKUs of bar stock on the same level. This ensures that every inch of the rack is used for storing product, not just holding air.

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Veelgestelde vragen

1. Hoeveel vloeroppervlak kan ik eigenlijk besparen?
Most clients see a reduction of 40% to 60% in required floor area compared to static racking with standard forklift aisles. If you are currently floor stacking, the savings come from utilizing vertical height, often tripling your storage capacity in the same footprint.

2. What happens if the crank mechanism jams?
The mechanism is designed with robust, industrial-grade steel gears and shafts (rack and pinion). Jamming is extremely rare if the rack is not overloaded. Maintenance is simple: keep the tracks clean of debris and grease the gears annually.

3. Can we install this rack against a wall?
Yes. We offer single-sided units designed specifically to be placed against walls. This is an excellent way to utilize perimeter space that is often dead space in a warehouse.

4. Is the system compatible with magnetic lifters?
Yes. Since the drawer extends fully into the aisle, there is no steel structure above the load to interfere with the magnet. This makes it ideal for handling ferrous plates and flat bars quickly.

5. What is the lead time for a custom system?
Because each system is engineered to your specific load weights (e.g., 3 tons vs. 5 tons) and material lengths, typical production times range from 6 to 8 weeks, plus shipping. We pre-assemble 85% of the unit at the factory to ensure fast installation on-site.