Herochu Heavy-Duty High-Density Sheet Racks
Start at $2,999 | CE, UE, ISO 9001 | Built-to-fit in 10 days
Pay the mortgage on your building once—not three times. Floor-stacked sheet metal quietly levies a “space tax,” a “labor tax,” and a “risk tax” most owners never see until the auditor leaves or the ambulance arrives. Herochu’s heavy-density drawer racks repeal all three in a single afternoon, turning the same square of concrete into a vertical filing cabinet that feeds your laser, punch, or shear faster than the operator can hit cycle-start.
Stop renting air
A 4 × 8 ft bundle lying flat demands 32 sq ft plus the aisle you need to reach it. Stack four high and you still own only 128 sq ft of dead asset. Tilt those sheets on edge, slide them into six roll-out cradles, and the footprint shrinks to 6 sq ft—an 80 % rebate on floor space you already heat, insure, and sweep every night. That freed real estate becomes a second brake-press, a robot welding station, or simply clear egress that keeps the fire marshal smiling.
End the re-stack ritual
“Bottom bundle, third sheet from the top” is a 25-minute treasure hunt involving a forklift, a spotter, and four inverted Jenga moves. Every minute costs three dollars in labor and twelve in lost beam-on time. Herochu drawers extend 100 % on sealed bearings; the face of every sheet is available in under 90 seconds by one person wearing gloves. Multiply the 23 minutes you just saved by ten change-overs a week and you’ve bought an extra laser shift without adding a second shift.
Engineer-out the hazard
Unstable stacks don’t just bend edges—they bend laws of physics. One shifted bundle can amputate a paycheck and spike your EMR for three years. Each drawer is a controlled, repeatable motion: pull, pick, push, lock. A positive stop holds 3 000 lb (or 9 900 lb in HD models) even if the floor shakes from the 400-ton press next door. The result is zero surprise, zero crush point, and an insurance quote that finally heads south.
One rack, every gauge, every size
Columns are punched on 50 mm centers; arms relocate with an Allen key. Mix 48-inch drawers for 10 ga on the left, 60-inch for ¼-inch aluminum on the right, and slip a few 24-inch pockets for drops that used to wander into the scrap bin. Remnant bars clip into the same rail, so the next job uses yesterday’s drop instead of today’s full sheet. One fabricator cut raw material purchases 18 % in the first quarter simply because drops became visible inventory.
Built for the forklift that never learned finesse
Frames are 4 mm Q355B, laser-cut, robot-welded, then baked in polyester powder rated for 1 000-hour salt-spray. Arms are gusseted with 6 mm plates and capped with UHMW so stainless slides without galling. Bearings are sealed 6204-2RS, greased for life; if a roller ever flat-spots, pop a clip, slide it out, press a new one in—done, no grease gun, no downtime. A replaceable wear strip means the rack ages; your sheets don’t.
Density that pays for itself—twice
A 15-drawer tower stores 45 000 lb of mixed gauge in 54 sq ft. At $7 per sq ft annual rent, the 200 sq ft you just recovered saves $1 400 every year—before you count the laser hours reclaimed. Most towers cash-flow in nine months; everything after that is margin you used to donate to gravity.
Real-world math, real-world shop
Southeast job shop – two 20-drawer towers feeding a 4 kW Bystronic. Retrieval time dropped from 18 min to 1.5 min; laser uptime rose 14 %, adding $71 000 annual margin.
Midwest architectural fabricator – hot-dip-galvanised frame, 12 ft drawers, ¼-inch aluminum. Scratch claims fell from 2.8 % to 0.3 %; customer awarded a three-year, $1.8 M facade contract.
Great Lakes HVAC supplier – 25-drawer tower between punch and shear. Freed 180 sq ft, installed second autogenous weld cell, increased throughput 19 % without expanding the building.
Seismic-ready, auditor-approved
Anchor plates arrive pre-slotted for ¾-inch wedge anchors and laser-etched with torque specs. Seismic calculations are PE-stamped for all 50 states and Canada; upload the PDF to your insurer and watch the risk premium shrink. Optional back-stop mesh satisfies ANSI MH16.3 without custom fabrication, and every weld is logged to a WPS qualified under AWS D1.1—traceability the auditor can see from across the room.
Sustainability you can pitch to your customer
Steel is 97 % recycled content; powder-coat overspray is captured and re-used. By heating/cooling 75 % less air volume you trim HVAC kWh 6–8 % in most climates. When the lease ends, unbolt and take the asset with you—zero demolition, zero landfill, zero write-off.
Price, lead time, warranty
15-drawer starter tower, 12 ft H × 8 ft L, 3 000 lb per drawer: $2 999
Add-on bay: $2 249
Extra drawer arm: $149
Freight to most US/CA hubs: $195–$295
Lead time: 12 business days; 48-hour expedite available
Warranty: 10 years structural, 5 years powder-coat, lifetime phone support from engineers who still carry calluses.
The next step is a sketch
Drag-and-drop your floor plan at Herochu.com or email a phone-photo of a napkin. In 60 minutes you’ll have a 3-D layout, weight load, and freight quote—no PO, no pressure. Stop paying the hidden taxes of floor stacking and let the same concrete earn its keep producing parts, not storing air. Herochu Heavy-Duty High-Density Sheet Racks: more sheets per square foot, more minutes per hour, more margin per job.
