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Key Points for Automated Warehouse Rack Inspection
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Sam Francis explained inspection methods and compliance requirements for automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), high-bay racking, shuttle systems and mobile racking. He said that failure modes in automated warehouses have shifted from forklift impacts to rail misalignment, wear on shuttle and stacker crane rails, and fatigue at repeatedly loaded points. Continuous monitoring, machine vision and drone imagery can provide early warning, and software can flag changes, but flagged anomalies must still be structurally assessed by qualified inspectors in accordance with SEMA and HSE standards, classified into three levels: green (monitor), amber (stop loading pending repair), and red (immediately unload and isolate). Repairs and reconfiguration should be carried out by SEIRS-registered rack installers.
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- Automated Warehouse Racking Inspection: How Inspection Changes When Machines Take Over the Aisles
Inspection of automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), high-bay racking, shuttle and mobile racking has become more difficult. Failure modes have shifted from forklift impacts to rail misalignment, wear on shuttle and stacker crane rails, and fatigue at points of repeated loading. Continuous monitoring, machine vision and drone imagery can provide early warning, but they cannot replace a SEMA-approved qualified inspector (SARI) making structural safety judgments under the green/amber/red three-level risk system.
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