Automated Shuttle Racking

Drive-In & Drive-Through Racking

Deep lanes, forklift enters

Forklifts drive into the lanes and set pallets on rails, filling from the floor up. Drive-in has one aisle (LIFO); drive-through has two (FIFO).

Racking partner: Rebel Rack

Benefits

Why it works

Interior aisles disappear; lanes run many pallets deep.

The simplest and least costly high-density system.

Common in cold storage, where a smaller footprint means less space to cool.

Drive-through works well as a buffer between production and shipping.

Options

One access aisle, last in, first out.

Access from both ends, first in, first out.

Example lanes of 11 pallets deep and 3 high.

Floor guide rails protect uprights as trucks enter.

At a glance

Rotation	LIFO (drive-in) · FIFO (drive-through)
Example lane	11 pallets deep, 3 high
Truck clearance	At least 3 in each side
Lift reach	Counterbalance up to about 25 ft · reach trucks beyond 40 ft
Best for	Homogeneous SKUs with many pallets each
Watch-outs	More manoeuvring time; more truck contact with the rack

Typical figures published by Interlake Mecalux, Steel King, Frazier, and Westfalia. Your system is specified for your loads and building.

Integration & services

Send us your pallet profile and building drawings, and we’ll propose the storage mix that fits.