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1) Aisle

The space between storage aids used by material handling equipment and/or personnel.

2) Storage aisle

An access route to storage areas such as rack bays, slots for pallets, bins or containers.

3) Narrow aisle truck

A truck which permits right angle stacking in aisles narrower than those normally required by counterbalanced trucks.

4) Shelving service aisle

The area in front of a unit or row of units required to service (pick or place stock into or out of the shelving unit.

5) Selective rack

Steel storage racks arranged in either single or back-to-back (double) rows.  Each of the rows offers a bay or number of bays in the down aisle direction.  Pallets are generally positioned side-by-side in the down-aisle direction at each level of the bay.  The advantage to this configuration of rack is that all pallets are accessible from the facing aisle.

6) Single row single face shelving

One generally continuous row of units joined together and side to side to be serviced from one service aisle.

7) Double row, double face shelving

One generally continuous row of units joined together, back to back and side to side to be serviced from two service aisles.

8) Single deep selective rack

Rack structure which allows loads to be stored one unit deep on either side of an aisle.

9) Side loader truck

An industrial truck with lifting capabilities and able to accommodate the narrowest of aisles, depending upon the model and type, all the way down to the 5 foot range. Trucks operating in this range are sometimes called very narrow aisle (VNA) trucks. With the exception of the platform type sideloader, the fork and/or the entire mast on a VNA style truck is capable of rotating or swiveling 90 degrees left or right within the aisle from the down aisle orientation. Some manufacturers have models that can stack in storage racks 10-12 pallets high.

10) Drive through rack

This rack is similar to drive-in rack except that the fork truck is capable of driving straight through the structure at any storage location along the aisle.

11) Multiple row, single face shelving

One generally continuous row of units joined together back to back to be serviced from one aisle for long items of considerable weight.

12) High rise shelving

Units in excess of 10'3" high and serviced by rolling ladders or mechanical non-entry stock pickers.  Normally tied together across the top over aisles.

13) Stock-to-operator equipment

A device which brings items from their storage locations to the end of an aisle where an operator or transport mechanism sends them to their point of use.

14) Straddle truck

An industrial lift truck that is utilized in aisles as narrow as 6 feet and has had the counterbalancing addressed by front end outriggers. These outriggers also serve to prevent the natural forward tipping motion that would be created as a load is lifted

15) Single row double face shelving

One generally continuous row of units joined together side to side to be serviced from either front or back by two service aisles.  May also be identified as "pass through" shelving.