Keep large panels organized, accessible, and protected between operations. Plymouth Industries designs and manufactures custom panel racks around your part dimensions, surface requirements, and material flow, helping you reduce avoidable damage, simplify handling, and use storage space more effectively.
Replace Bulk Stacking with Organized Panel Storage
Panels stored in mixed stacks can require extra handling to retrieve the right part. Unprotected contact points can damage finished surfaces and edges, adding rework and delaying downstream operations.
A custom panel storage rack gives each panel a defined position. Vertical dividers separate parts, protective sleeves cushion contact surfaces, and bottom dunnage supports panel edges. Forklift access and application-specific stacking features help the rack fit your production and storage workflow.
Features That Support Your Operation
- Protect finished surfaces. Plastic-covered divider tubes help limit abrasion and metal-to-metal contact.
- Support vulnerable edges. Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) bottom cushioning provides protective support where panels rest.
- Simplify loading and retrieval. Defined storage lanes keep panels separated and easier to identify.
- Improve handling flexibility. Four-way fork openings let operators approach the rack from multiple directions.
- Use vertical space. Stackable configurations with stacking caps support denser storage within the approved load and stacking limits.
- Keep loads identifiable. Placards provide space for part, job, or routing information.
- Support repeated use. Welded carbon steel construction provides a reusable alternative to disposable handling arrangements.
Applications Across Production and Storage
Configure your rack for:
- Work-in-process storage: Separate panels between fabrication, finishing, and assembly.
- Production staging: Organize parts near the operation where they are needed.
- Warehouse storage: Maintain defined locations for finished or semi-finished panels.
- Internal transfers: Move grouped panels between departments with forklift handling.
- Returnable shipping: Develop a rack around your transportation, restraint, and product-protection requirements.
Engineered Around the Panel and the Process
Your panels and production requirements drive the rack design. We evaluate panel dimensions, weight, geometry, and critical surfaces to determine divider spacing, support locations, and protective dunnage.
We also consider how your team loads, moves, stores, and retrieves panels throughout manufacturing. Rack footprint, loading access, forklift openings, and stacking configurations are developed around your handling equipment, available space, and flow between operations.
The result is a custom panel rack designed to protect your parts, reduce unnecessary handling, and support efficient production.
Customize the Fit, Protection, and Handling
Build your panel rack around the requirements that affect daily use:
- Dimensions and layout: Overall footprint, rack height, divider spacing, and panel quantity.
- Protective materials: XLPE cushioning, plastic sleeves, carpet dunnage, or vinyl-covered dividers as appropriate.
- Storage configuration: Panel lanes, separate compartments, and application-specific supports.
- Handling method: Forklift-accessible racks or a separately engineered mobile panel cart.
- Mobile cart features: Push handles, rigid and swivel casters, roll locks, and retaining chains.
- Finish and identification: Paint colors, placards, and requested stenciling.
Why Choose Plymouth Industries?
Work directly with a manufacturer that brings engineering, prototyping, laser cutting, machining, welding, finishing, and assembly capabilities to custom material handling projects. Our team considers the part and the process together, from support locations and loading access to movement between operations. Plymouth Industries
That approach keeps the investment focused on practical value: protecting usable parts, reducing unnecessary handling, and creating equipment suited to repeated use. Prototype development is available to evaluate fit and handling before a larger production run.
Request a Custom Panel Rack Quote
Send us your panel drawings or 3D models, dimensions, individual part weights, and required quantity. Tell us how the rack will be loaded, moved, stored, and stacked, along with any critical surface-protection requirements.
Contact Plymouth Industries today to learn more about how custom panel racks can support your manufacturing process. We’ll review your application and develop a panel rack proposal around your operation.
