Maximize Space & Protect Your Investment in Large Format Metal with Herochu’s Custom Horizontal Sheet-Steel Rack
Starting at $3,660 | CE, UE, ISO 9001 certified | Engineered-to-order in 10–15 business days
The Hidden Cost of Floor-Stacking
Storing 4’ × 8’—or 6’ × 20’—sheet metal in pallets on the floor is a daily leak of cash disguised as “normal practice.” A 200-sheet inventory swallows 180 m² of prime workshop space and demands two forklift trips plus manual sorting every time the laser calls for the bottom layer. Over a year that adds up to more than a thousand extra forklift miles, tonnes of scrap from dents, and hundreds of labor hours lost to digging for material. Herochu’s horizontal drawer rack seals those leaks in a single shift.
How the System Works
Every sheet lives in its own roller-mounted, felt-lined cradle that one operator can slide out in under twenty seconds—by hand for lighter loads or with a crank/forklift module for plates up to 10,000 lb—delivering 100 % selectivity without ever touching the sheet surface.
Space Math Your CFO Will Love
Converting vertical “air” into storage compresses 180 m² of floor chaos into 36 m² of organized steel real estate, freeing 144 m² for a second laser, a robot welding cell, or simply removing the need for a quarter-million-euro building extension.
Safety by Design
Floor-stacking forces operators to tilt, drag, and walk heavy sheets—an accident waiting for an OSHA timestamp. Herochu’s drawer system turns that risky multi-person lift into an ergonomic, one-person task. Sealed bearings eliminate pinch points, a perimeter guard contains sheets if a drawer is bumped, and optional crank-assist keeps pull force under twenty-two pounds even at maximum load. Full-width nylon strips prevent metal-to-metal contact, protecting mirror-finish stainless and pre-painted aluminum. The result: zero lost-time accidents across more than three hundred installed systems since 2019.
ROI Snapshot from a Real Job Shop
ATLAS Industrie in Lyon processes 1,200 t of sheet annually. After installing a sixteen-drawer Herochu rack, machine uptime rose from 73 % to 89 %—an extra 1.3 productive hours per laser per day—while material-handling labor dropped from 2.5 full-time employees to 0.8. Surface scratches fell 94 %, reclaiming thousands of euros in previously scrapped stainless. Pay-back arrived in seven months.
Built Around Your Metal
Herochu does not ship “standard” racks. Every unit is cut, welded, and powder-coated to the millimetre specs you upload—whether you inventory copper foils or thirty-millimetre Hardox. Configure length, width, load rating, and drawer spacing online; start with four bays and bolt on extra cassettes next year using the same frame. Your capex scales with revenue, not speculation.
Certifications That Open Doors
CE machinery-directive compliance, UE structural approval, and ISO 9001:2015 manufacturing certification satisfy European, North-American, and Australasian auditors in a single glance.
Installation Without Downtime
Pre-assembled modules drop into place around your existing aisle. A two-person crew can have a twelve-drawer unit operational during the lunch break—no cutting, no welding, no hot-work permit. CAD footprint and anchor layout arrive within forty-eight hours of order confirmation so you can pre-mark the floor.
Smart Add-Ons
Optional RFID tags update ERP inventory in real time, load cells trigger automatic reorder points, and LED aisle strips guide the operator to the correct drawer in under a second.
Sustainability You Can Measure
Eighty percent floor-space reduction equals a smaller building envelope and lower HVAC load. Protecting sheets from damage cuts scrap, saving nearly two tonnes of CO₂ for every hundred tonnes of stainless processed. Powder-coat finishes are lead-free and cured with renewable electricity at our Jiangsu plant.
Transparent Pricing
A four-drawer, 1,500 lb manual unit starts at $3,660 FOB Shanghai. A heavy-duty, twenty-drawer, forklift-loaded system with RFID and load cells lands at $28,400. Shipping to major ports typically runs $1,200–$1,800. A landed-cost calculator is live on herochu.com.
What Happens Next
Upload your sheet list, receive an engineered drawing within twenty-four hours, approve, pay a 50 % deposit, and watch bolt-together modules arrive in export-grade crates. A remote start-up call is included; an on-site supervisor can be anywhere on the planet within seventy-two hours.
Stop paying rent on empty air. Turn stacked liabilities into sliding assets, reclaim every minute of laser time, and protect both your people and your balance sheet with a Herochu Custom Horizontal Sheet-Steel Rack—engineered for your metal, priced for your budget, delivered before your next audit.
