BITO Drive-in racking

If you have a small range of items, want to store them in a particularly compact way and do not need direct pallet access, drive-in or drive-through racking is the perfect solution. Drive-in and drive-through racking are also a very good choice for large quantities of a single item or goods with a low turnover rate. This racking type is therefore often used to accommodate buffer inventory or seasonal stock. Products are loaded or retrieved with a forklift truck that enters the relevant storage lane and places the pallets from rear to front onto full-length support rails mounted on both sides of the lane. During retrieval, the process is reversed, from front to back according to the LIFO principle. In drive-through racking, products are loaded from one racking side and retrieved from the other side in FIFO order. 
 

Cost-effective compact storage

In drive-in and drive-through racking systems, pallets are stored on rails mounted at the sides of a lane. There is no need for separate service aisles. As a result, storage density is very high, as no additional floor space is occupied. Thanks to compact storage, the costs per item are lower than with conventional pallet storage.
 

Versatile in application

Depending on the setup, goods are loaded and unloaded from the front (drive-in racking) or accessed from either side (drive-through racking). Drive-in racking is ideal for storing slow moving items in large quantities. As the goods are stored and retrieved from one side and there is no direct pallet access, only small to medium turnover rates are possible. Drive-in racking can therefore be used for keeping back-up or buffer stocks. With drive-through racking, higher turnover rates can be achieved as goods can be stored and retrieved from both sides. Drive-through racking is often used in sectors where a high storage density and fast access to products are required, such as in the food industry, the beverage industry or in cold stores.