Specialised Racking
Specialised Racking adapts heavy-duty pallet racking frames and beams with custom attachments to safely store non-standard, awkward, and cylindrical goods. From carpet rolls and cable drums to sheet laminates and heavy steel coils, our tailored storage systems optimize floor space, enhance stock accessibility, and maintain full AS4084 compliance across commercial and industrial facilities.
- Categories: Pallet Racking
- Availability: Express Dispatch
- Product Type: Simple
Custom Engineered Storage for Non-Standard & Awkward Stock
Not all warehouse inventory fits neatly on a standard wooden pallet. When handling bulky, cylindrical, sheet-based, or irregular products, standard selective racking requires specialized modifications to ensure stock is stored securely, handled efficiently, and protected from damage.
Specialised Racking Systems utilize the proven structural strength of certified pallet racking frames and beams, combining them with custom-engineered brackets, dividers, axles, and support saddles. By adapting standard modular components to your specific product profiles, Direct Storage Systems delivers cost-effective, high-density storage tailored to your exact operational workflow.
Custom Applications & Product Configurations
Our team designs, supplies, and installs custom racking configurations across a wide range of specialised industries:
- Carpet & Fabric Roll Racking: Extra-deep continuous bays fitted with chipboard decks or smooth galvanised steel shelf inserts, allowing long rolls of carpet, vinyl flooring, and textiles to slide in and out without snagging or creasing.
- Cable Drum & Reel Racking: Heavy-duty axle support brackets mounted directly to racking uprights, allowing large spools of electrical cable, wire rope, and hose to be securely stored and dispensed straight from the rack.
- Drum & Barrel Storage: Specially formed steel cradle saddles and drip-tray inserts that secure 205-litre (44-gallon) drums horizontally or vertically, preventing roll hazards and containing potential fluid leaks.
- Coil Storage Systems: High-capacity radius saddles designed to hold heavy coiled steel, wire rolls, and copper tubing securely in place while preventing flat spots and edge deformation.
- A-Frame & Vertical Sheet Racking: Angled dividers and base support troughs built into pallet racking bays to store long timber mouldings, aluminium extrusions, PVC conduit, and ladders vertically for rapid picking.
- Laminate & Board Storage: Horizontal pigeon-hole dividers and roller decks tailored for flat-storing timber sheet goods, benchtops, acrylic panels, and architectural laminates to prevent bowing and surface scratching.
- Integrated Pick Shelving & Carton Live Storage: Converting lower pallet rack tiers into high-density picking bays using flow tracks, steel shelf panels, or plastic bin louvres beneath upper bulk pallet reserves.
Key Features & Benefits
- Built from Certified Heavy-Duty Components: Utilises standard structural uprights and box beams, ensuring high load capacities and long-term durability.
- Protects Stock Integrity: Prevents flat-spotting on reels, sagging in long sheet packs, and crushing of delicate fabric rolls.
- Safer Material Handling: Eliminates hazardous floor-stacking of rolling drums and awkward materials, creating clear, compliant forklift aisles.
- Fully Customisable & Modular: As your product lines evolve, bays can be adjusted, reconfigured, or expanded without replacing the core framework.
- AS4084 Certified & Compliant: Engineered and installed in accordance with Australian Standard AS 4084 and WorkSafe safety regulations.
On-Site Measuring, CAD Layouts & Local Fabrication
Every specialised storage challenge requires a tailored engineering approach. Direct Storage Systems provides complete on-site surveys, custom accessory design, and 2D CAD layout drafting across Geelong, the Surf Coast, and Western Melbourne.
Product Documentation
Specialised racking encompasses custom-engineered storage systems designed for products that cannot be safely or efficiently stored on standard pallet racking beams. This includes non-standard dimensions, cylindrical objects, coiled materials, liquid storage, and fragile or vertically stored profiles such as carpet rolls, cable drums, 205L chemical drums, tyres, timber mouldings, and vehicle panels.
Direct Storage Systems designs and manufactures a wide range of specialised storage solutions, including:
- Carpet & Vinyl Roll Racking: Extra-deep bays fitted with smooth particleboard or steel decks for easy roll-out and slide-in handling.
- Cable Drum & Spool Racking: Heavy-duty axle support brackets that allow large wire, hose, or cable reels to unwind safely directly from the rack.
- Drum Storage & Bunded Racking: Dedicated cradle attachments for 205L drums with integrated EPA-compliant spill containment sumps.
- Vertical A-Frame & Pigeon Hole Racking: High-density dividers for vertical storage of aluminium extrusions, conduit, timber lengths, and sheet materials.
- Tyre Racking Systems: Stepped beam profiles engineered to support automotive and industrial tyres without bead distortion.
Yes. In many cases, custom attachments such as coil cradles, drum supports, forklift fork clearance bars, fork entry shoes, and vertical divider brackets can be retrofitted directly into your existing selective racking framework, eliminating the need for a completely new system.
Our chemical and oil drum storage systems integrate certified galvanised spill containment bunds underneath the lowest storage tier. These bunding sumps are engineered to capture at least 110% of the largest single container or 25% of total stored volume, ensuring full compliance with Australian Standard AS 1940 (Storage and Handling of Flammable and Combustible Liquids) and EPA guidelines.
Weight capacities are calculated based on point load distribution, structural steel profiles, span lengths, and upright gauge ratings. Because non-palletised items place concentrated point loads on racking members rather than evenly distributed loads (UDL), our engineering team calculates bespoke load limits and provides certified safe working capacity notices for every installation.
Yes. All custom and specialised storage systems supplied and installed by Direct Storage Systems comply with relevant Australian Standards, including AS 4084 (Steel Storage Racking), structural design code AS 4100, and specific environmental standards like AS 1940 where applicable.
Yes. Direct Storage Systems offers on-site measurements, sample testing, and bespoke CAD engineering to design custom warehouse systems tailored specifically to your exact product dimensions, picking methods, and forklift attachments.
Yes. We provide complete site auditing, bespoke design, manufacturing, certified delivery, and professional installation services across Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, and regional Victoria.
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