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Improvements in logistics management processes and competitive pressures due to market forces compel companies to progressively optimise their fixed assets in order to free up financial resources, while they must simultaneously improve the level of service they provide for their customers.

This results in an increasingly demanding specialization of the equipment used subject to a progressive intensification of its own activity. Today’s storage systems are technically highly optimized assets. Due to their characteristics (thin-walled, open and perforated profiles), they have specific regulatory frameworks for their design, installation and use. Their main advantage is that they are very competitive solutions since they can support high loads at great heights with little material; their main disadvantage is that they are more sensitive to wear and tear or improper use, thus requiring an inspection and maintenance program to guarantee their performance.

Racking and storage systems are generally operated by handling equipment (forklift trucks, etc.) which constantly interact with them. This interaction, mainly during loading, unloading and transit operations, racking components can suffer impacts of varying intensities and frequency.

Other incidences also occur from using loading units, handling elements or due to unsuitable planning and design for storage needs. Lastly, using racking for a purpose other than which it was designed, changing its location, moving it or altering its layout can negatively affect these systems’ integrity.

As a result, damage to the racking’s structural elements creates a loss of function, which reduces its load capacity and affects its stability, creating high risk situations that could lead to very serious material damages and personal injuries.
In this context, significant effort has been made to develop regulations to systematise appropriate use and maintenance of this type of equipment, notably the training of staff responsible for its use.

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