Industry-specific systems from OHRA Ireland
When storing aluminium and plastic stocks, you will encounter a number of challenges which make finding the right storage solution a necessity. These include dealing with a variety of lengths and sections in the materials, need to identify each of them and access them individually and store them without risk of falling, sliding or other damage. For the Irish aluminium fabricators, profile distributors, and plastics processors, proper stock management has a direct effect on production.
OHRA collaborates with many Irish companies in the aluminium & plastic industry to create custom cantilever racks to store different lengths and sections of your stock safely, easily and in a way that maximizes space usage and efficiency. Whether you store aluminium profiles and sheets or plastic pipes, OHRA helps you optimize this process with a tailor-made cantilever rack design.
Effective warehouse systems by RBB Aluminium
Cantilever racks
The standard solution for aluminium and plastic profile storage is a cantilever rack for its unique characteristics. It has an open arm design without a front face support, so materials of various lengths can be stored on the same level. Besides, there is no need to rearrange materials for taking them off or putting new ones on the same level.
The OHRA cantilever rack construction does not rely on folded sheet metal. Instead, it uses solid hot-rolled steel uprights, despite the lower weight of aluminium and plastic materials compared to steel. However, the benefit is noticeable: a thinner and more durable steel rack offers high loading capacity without wasting too much floor space. Besides, such an upright prevents energy transfer and allows cantilever racks to deflect when impacted by a forklift — thus protecting both rack and materials from damage.
Key features:
- Made entirely of solid hot-rolled steel, offering high loading capacity and durability
- Height-adjustable racks with deflective arms for safety and durability
- Open and unobstructed surface for storing different lengths on the same level
- Individually manufactured for your exact needs
- With dividers for separating various materials and identification plates
For an Irish company operating with a diverse range of products, such features become a guarantee of keeping their warehouse organised and functional.
Mobile rack systems
In case your industrial premises lack enough floor space, especially in relation to the volume of aluminium and plastics you work with, mobile cantilever racking is your best choice. As opposed to regular cantilever racking, mobile racks are equipped with traversing carriages allowing storing racks very close to each other. Thus, when needed, they can easily open up enough space to access them.
The mobile cantilever racks are perfect for aluminium and plastics since the materials used in the process are bulk, difficult to handle and accessed rarely. In other words, mobile racks allow increasing the capacity of your warehouse up to twice without extending it.
Rack-Clad Storage Halls
If you need additional sheltered storage but do not have enough funds or space to build another storage facility, then consider using rack-clad storage halls. Instead of an additional building frame, you will have to invest in a racking construction used as the framework of a roof and walls of the hall, providing additional protected storage space. For example, an aluminium and plastic stockholder located near the coast of Ireland would benefit greatly from rack-clad halls due to high wind and rain exposure.
Having completed more than 1,000 projects, OHRA can assure you that each rack-clad hall will be completely tailored to your needs — no matter whether you need indoor or outdoor aluminium profile storage.
Storage and shelving platforms
If your facility does not provide enough floor space, a mezzanine platform can solve this problem in a quick and efficient way. It allows turning unused vertical space into a second floor. This way, you will be able to increase the storage space by using OHRA cantilever or pallet racks installed on your steel mezzanine platform structure.
Our Clients in the Aluminium & Plastic Industry
RBB Aluminium
RBB Aluminium AG, at its main location Wallscheid, in Germany's Eiffel region, has erected an additional warehouse, in which aluminium profiles up to 6 meters in length are stored.
Ronge Profil
In the new production facilities of Ronge Profil GmbH in Alfeld an der Leine, 300 to 400 tons of sheet metal needed to produce metal façade elements are stocked in cantilever racking from OHRA.
Albixon
ALBIXON, one of the leading manufacturers of swimming pools and pool enclosures in Europe, has expanded its storage capacities with a covered cantilever racking system from OHRA. Palletised aluminium profiles are stored here; the length of the pallets is 5 to 12 metres, the weight ranges from 500 to 1,200 kilograms. The new racking system not only offers more space, but also reduces costs: Unnecessary material movements are avoided, the efficiency of warehouse transports increases and the risk of damage to the stored goods decreases. Thanks to the weather protection, the costs for quality control are also reduced. Due to the good overview of the stored goods, stocktaking is also much easier to carry out.
