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UNARCO
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Pallet Rack Engineering
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Pallet Rack Installation
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Jim Crews
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Over-strength Design Requirement (Ω = 2) in ASCE7 Specification for Baseplate and Anchor Bolt Seismic Design
Anchoring & Slabs
Jim Crews
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October 2, 2018
The ASCE7 Specification is the document that the International Building Code refers to for applied loading for design of structures. Storage rack are covered...
Upright Table Interpretation
Pallet Rack Engineering
Jim Crews
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July 10, 2018
Customers always want to get the highest upright capacity with the lowest possible gauge so they can keep their costs down. Sometimes they get...
How to Best Protect the Truck-Aisle Column
Pallet Rack Design
Jim Crews
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April 11, 2018
Fork truck traffic down the aisles can be the biggest threat to pallet rack uprights. The bottom portion of the truck-aisle column is the...
“Checker-Boarding”: Removal of First Beam Level in Every Other Bay
Pallet Rack Design
Jim Crews
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October 17, 2017
At UNARCO we often get asked if users can remove the first level load shelf in alternating bays to store taller pallets on the...
When is a 4” Pallet Rack Column a Better Choice?
Code & Design Requirements
Jim Crews
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September 3, 2017
UNARCO, as well as other rack companies, offer both 3” wide and 4” wide columns. Often, a 3” column is quoted out of habit...
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Is More Clearance Between Pallets Always Better?
Jim Crews
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July 13, 2023
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Thin Shims for Racks with Large (High) Aspect Ratio
Anchoring & Slabs
May 24, 2023
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When we discuss racks with a large or high...
Load Capacity Requirements in the new RMI Storage Rack Standard ANSI MH16.1-2021
Code & Design Requirements
July 26, 2022
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The revised American National Standard for storage rack, ANSI...
Anchor Bolts: Nominal Embedment vs. Effective Embedment
Anchoring & Slabs
April 23, 2020
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There is often confusion regarding what is meant by...
Anchor Bolt Embedment Tables
Anchoring & Slabs
April 23, 2020
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On projects in elevated seismic zone where there is...