Herochu Pull-Out Sheet-Metal Drawer Rack
Slide out profit, not plates—starting at $4,200, CE/UE/ISO 9001 certified, custom-built for the sheets you actually cut.
Every minute your overhead crane spends fishing a single 2 m plate from the bottom of a leaning stack is a minute the laser sits idle, the brake operator drinks coffee, and the job clock ticks on your customer’s dime. Herochu’s pull-out drawer rack ends that game. One controlled tug—40–60 lb of force, the same effort you use to open a patio door—delivers up to 5 000 lb of aluminum, mild steel or titanium directly to the hook, perfectly fanned, label up, scratch-free. No pallets, no pry-bars, no second man.
WHY “ROLL-OUT” BEATS “REACH-IN”
Traditional static shelving forces the crane to chase material. Pull-out drawers flip the script: the material comes to the crane. That single inversion cuts average retrieval time from 12 min to 90 s in real-world audits, frees 30 % more crane hours for machine loading, and slashes sheet damage because the hook never scrapes across a lower layer. One operator, one fluid motion, zero drama.
FOUR BAYS, FOUR CONTINENTS—ONE FRAME
Standard footprints start at 2 m × 1.5 m and scale to 6 m × 2 m—yet every drawer rides on the same induction-hardened, sealed-bearing slide. Pick your poison:
HC-B2015-62 – 2 000 × 1 500 mm drawer, 10 gauge to ¼” plate, 5 t per level
HB-B3015-65 – 3 000 × 1 500 mm, the sweet spot for 10 ft shear tables
HB-B6015-63 – 6 000 × 1 500 mm, feeds 20 ft plasma beds without rotating
HC-B6020-65 – 6 000 × 2 000 mm, swallow 5 × 10 ft or 6 × 8 ft sheets in the same bay
All models stand 70–85” tall so the top drawer stays below shoulder height—no step-stools, no ladder injuries.
DRAWER DNA
- 5 mm deck plate welded to 6 mm side gussets, stress-relieved at 600 °C.
- Replaceable UHMW glide strips—when they finally wear (≈ 8 years), swap in 5 minutes with a 10 mm wrench.
- Auto-lock detent at 50 mm extension—prevents coast during vibration from nearby presses.
- 100 % full extension, not ¾ like economy imports; you can hook the last sheet without “fishing.”
- Optional barcode strip riveted to drawer face—scan from the cab of the overhead crane, never mis-pull again.
DENSITY MATH THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF
One HC-B3015-65 bay: 3 m × 1.5 m footprint, 6 levels, 5 t per drawer = 30 t of steel in 4.5 m².
Floor-stacked equivalent: 30 t needs 18 m² and still hides the bottom bundle.
At $120 m² yr factory rent, the rack frees 13.5 m²—$1 620 annually—before you count the labour saved.
CUSTOMISATION MENU (NO ENGINEERING FEE)
Pitch: 4”, 6”, 8”, 10”, 12” on 1″ increments—mix them in the same frame if you store 20 ga and ½” plate side-by-side.
Load: 5 000 lb is standard; we can goose to 7 500 lb by adding a second slide rail—same outer dimensions.
Colour: industrial grey, safety yellow, or your corporate RAL baked on at 180 °C for 1 H salt-spray resistance.
Access: left-hand, right-hand or bilateral drawers for island layouts.
Add-ons: depalletiser forks, rubber top mats for polished sheets, or a bolt-on jib crane pedestal that turns the rack into a self-contained loading cell.
INSTALL IN ONE SHIFT, MOVE IN ONE HOUR
Frames ship pre-welded; only beam ties and feet need bolts. Two techs, one impact gun, four hours—no certified welder, no concrete anchors if your floor is ≥ 5 t m². Leveling feet eat 20 mm unevenness; should you rearrange the shop, unbolt, palletise, and roll the bay to the next aisle. Your asset travels with you, not with the landlord.
SAFETY CERTIFIED, NOT JUST “SAFETY YELLOW”
- EN 13105-2 static steel storage, CE marked.
- FEM 10.2.02 impact tested with 10 000 J fork strike—no permanent deformation.
- ISO 9001:2015 traceable mill certs on every beam.
- Drawer lock-out pin prevents extension during transport; orange flag pops up so the crane operator sees status at a glance.
- 50 mm boxed toe board stops the lowest sheet from sliding onto someone’s foot.
REAL-WORLD FEEDBACK (NOT A TESTIMONIAL BROCHURE)
“We replaced twelve A-frames with four HC-B3015-65 bays. Crane idle time dropped 28 %, and we finally had room to bring in a second laser.” — Midwest job shop, 110 employees, 3 shifts.
“Before, two guys spent 45 min every morning sorting delivery. Now the driver drops the pack onto the drawer, we slide it in, scan the barcode—done in 4 min.” — OEM trailer manufacturer, Ontario.
ORDER PATHWAY—ZERO PURPLE TAPE
- Upload sheet sizes and monthly throughput at hero-chu.com/config.
- Receive 3-D PDF, load chart, and all-in price in 12 hours.
- Approve drawing; 30 % deposit locks production slot.
- Rack ships in 20–25 calendar days; balance due on B/L copy.
- Track install with WhatsApp video support—free, forever.
Quit treating sheet storage as a necessary evil. Turn it into a pull-out production assistant that pays rent instead of eating it. Herochu pull-out sheet-metal drawer racks start at $4 200, scale to 6 m, and never ask you to reach into a stack again.
