Since its inception in early 2004, Rack Armour hasn’t had the need to change much. The simple yet effective nature of the product has made it unalterable to some degree, until now…

2017 will see the launch of Rack Armour’s new look. We wont give to much away at this stage but the new look includes a change of colour which gives the guard 100% protection from UV damage.

More information to follow near the end of the year!

Please note our original “High Visibility” yellow colour will still be available.

Rack Armour has been protecting racking of the worlds biggest brands for well over 11 years now. In that time not much has changed from the original design, a simple HDPE shell paired with a closed cell foam interior.

But why is Rack Armour so popular? What makes it different to the many other plastic products on the market? One main difference is the closed cell foam interior.

Why foam?

The foam inside a Rack Armour unit is what makes the product perform so well when a direct hit is registered. The foam is made up of a dense closed cell polyethylene which renders most large impacts ineffective, in turn reducing rack repair costs significantly.

Other plastic protectors on the market cant utilise this combination which gives our product an obvious advantage.  Without the foam any plastic protector is simply only good for deflecting impacts away from the upright, at the end of the day the foam is key.

There are other products out there on the market which claim to have a similar or in some cases superior impact absorption rate. This simply is not true. In our experience HDPE plastic alone does not have the capacity to diffuse impact energy, it needs somewhere to disperse, such as the foam interior found in a Rack Armour guard.

Rack Armour is now sold in over 80 Countries and manufactured on three continents , if you would like to receive a free sample please do let us know through the contact us button found at the top right of this page.

During its inception in 2004, not in their wildest dreams would the team at The Rack Group believe that Rack Armour would be the resounding success it is today. That it would go on to sell in well over eighty Countries and manufacture on three Continents. That the world’s biggest brands would install and continue to support the product globally, brands such as Wal-Mart, Tesco, BMW, Audi, Office Depot, Lowes, Mercedes, IKEA, Kellogg’s, Kraft, McDonalds, Nestle, Toyota, Pepsico, Coca Cola, DHL, and Eddie Stobart.

Rack Armour was created initially as a product to reduce racking damage for The Rack Group’s biggest customer. Their remit was to produce a cost effective solution that would reduce racking repair costs year on year. After looking through the market for existing products it become obvious there was no such product. Metal protectors easy buckled and dented, often creating more of an issue than a solution. The plastic protectors available on the market at that time were often bulky and bulbous, taking far too much space from the pick location, again creating a hindrance.

After months of research and testing we came up with the Rack Armour product you see today, a cylindrical HDPE shell teamed with an absorbing foam interior, capable of dissipating impact energy effortlessly. Rack Armour was an instant hit, saving one customer £1,000,000 in racking repair costs in one year alone. It’s worth also noting that many of the original units are still installed on the original sites after eight+ years, with no replacement or maintenance needed, highlighting the obvious benefit of installing the guard over anything else.

Word soon spread of Rack Armours effectiveness, with manufacturing operations in the USA and Australia following to cope with global demand, giving Rack Armour a fantastic platform to produce and distribute the product throughout the world. Now selling in well over eighty Countries, Rack Armour continues to increase sales through an extensive and loyal distributor network as well as directly to the customer, offering a market leading product and service.

“We knew we had a market leading product from day one” says Jenny Charlton, Director of Rack Armour Ltd. “The results we saw at the testing stage were incomparable to competitor products. Rack Armour kept taking impacts that would render steel protectors redundant whilst returning to its original shape. We’ve had a number of competitor imitations over the years trying to take the racking protection crown, but each one has failed, no one can compete with the shell/foam combination.”

The in 2014 Rack Armour looked to develop a cost effective and resolute end of aisle barrier range, something new and existing customers were crying out for due to the lack of options in the market. This barrier range soon expanded through demand from customers, now consisting of over twelve barrier types including pedestrian segregation options.

We firmly believe Rack Armour has changed the face of pallet racking protection over the past twelve years. We’ve helped increase knowledge on the importance of pallet racking protection globally and continue to develop and innovate new, exciting products with the same message. Here’s to the next twelve years…

Modern day flexible barriers offer a host of benefits over their metal counterparts. One of which includes an extended life span due to their persistence of shape and absorption qualities.

But what are the other less obvious benefits of plastic flexible barriers?

Hygiene

Something which often goes unnoticed with barriers are how hygienic they are. Old metal systems become breeding grounds for mould and germs as they hard to clean and often rust. Rack Armour’s flexible barriers are wipe clean and food industry approved, leaving you safe in the knowledge that Rack Armour isn’t only protecting you against impacts from MHE, but also germs.

Environmental

Our flexible barriers are up to 8X lighter than most of the competition. They’re also modular so can be palletised with ease! This offers you a significantly reduced freight price along with an impressive reduction in CO2 emissions.

Bespoke

We manufacture our own flexible barrier system in the UK along with a dedicated team. This enables us to easily and efficiently create bespoke barriers for specific customer requirements. Whether it be a need for a 15 foot barrier or an intricate pedestrian walkway system, we can cater to any needs.

 How do I enquire about flexible barriers?

To discuss your requirements and receive a full quote please contact us on info@rackarmour.com or call 01226 784 484 to discuss your requirements with one of our team.

Rack Armour will be showcasing the best possible protection to pallet racking damage at booth #1451

From the 4th-7th of April We will be at Modex in Atlanta Georgia.

Click HERE for information about the show!

Our team will be more than happy to show and talk you through the many features which make Rack Armour the best of its kind!

With proven cost savings of up to 80% in the world’s largest retail companies, Rack Armour is an attractive proposition for any warehouse with pallet racking.

Rack Armours outer shell is made from an exceptionally resilient and hard wearing plastic designed to take high velocity impacts. The shape of the shell was designed to repel and deflect impacts away from the upright, in turn reducing damage significantly.

Something that sets Rack Armour apart from its competition is its closed cell foam interior. Acting as a cushion between the racking and the plastic shell, the specialist foam diffuses impact energy and diverts the kinetic energy away from the racking upright, saving you money and time on a replacement leg.

Whatever your warehouse deals with, be it FMCG, food distribution, Logistics, storage or anything else, a main problem is always damage to the pallet racking. This can occur for a number of reasons, all of which are hard to eradicate.

For many reasons, damage to pallet racking often goes unreported, resulting in increased risk everyday it is left, sometimes still carrying weight. If you consider that just a 3mm dent on an upright is enough to reduce its load capacity by 25%! It can be daunting!

Prevention is always the best cure! Of course it is hard to prevent drivers having ‘accidents’, but, preventing them from damaging the racking is much more simple.

Rack Armour’s range of safety barriers and pallet racking damage protection products are simply the best on the market.

With End of aisle safety barriers and our upright protector, your mind can be at rest knowing they are under the best possible protection! Not to mention the less you will have to spend of repairs every year.

With FLT’s turning corners to go down aisles, it is a frequent problem that they clip the end legs resulting in damaged uprights, and often damaged products as a result. The Rack Armour End of aisle safety barriers are designed to be strong and flexible, enabling them to absorb impacts and prevent damage time and time again. The persistence of shape and flexible characteristics of the plastic barrier are what an unforgiving metal barrier cannot provide. A metal barrier chips, damages concrete and dents all after one hit. Not with a plastic barrier.

With your end of aisles protected, and the well known Rack Armour on every upright, you can expect to see a massive decrease in your financial spend on racking repairs. Rack Armour upright protectors alone are proven to reduce racking damage by 80%!

You may think this sounds expensive and too good to be true, but the facts are facts! a replacement upright and repair costs out way the cost of Rack Armour products substantially. With a Rack Armour effectively paying for itself after one single impact! A Rack Armour can take 8 impacts in the exact same spot before a scratch even appears on the upright! A simple, cost effective solution.

If you would like to know more about the Rack Armour Upright protectors and range of safety barriers, please click here to get in touch. Our friendly team are always happy to help.

With pallet racking protection an ever growing market, there is a number of different products for the warehouse manager to choose, But only one can offer the full package of protection. The Rack Armour upright protector.

When pallet racking owners approach Rack Armour after trying other products on the market they almost expect to be replacing the protector on a fairly frequent basis. This is not the case with the Rack Armour upright protector. Guards that were purchased over 10 years ago when we first arrived on the scene are still protecting racking today, they may have lost some of their shine as they take the hits but the cost effective benefits are for everyone to see.

It’s tight fit to the uprights enables the protector to stay on the racking when placing and retrieving pallets, with no fixtures or fittings it cannot be caught and dragged off, unlike many other guards.

Having no fixtures to the floor also means energy doesn’t transfer to the concrete, causing it to rupture. The Rack Armour upright protector works as a dual system defence. The hard shell exterior is made of ballistics grade polymer. This material and its shape prevent impacts from causing damage. The foam interior cushions any impacts from causing damage, simply absorbing the energy.

Available in three different sizes, the Rack Armour upright protector can fit all makes and models of pallet racking.

Click here to get in touch. Our friendly team are always happy to help.

Prevent injuries in your workplace with the trusted safety of Rack Armour warehouse and forklift Barriers!

An Essex haulage firm has been fined after an employee was struck by a forklift truck. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee was working at Unico Services UK’s warehouse in Rayleigh. While he was standing taking parcels from a cage, he was struck by a load carried by a FLT. Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector Jessica Donne said: “Every year, nationally, many serious and all too often fatal incidents take place involving forklift trucks.

The most substantial way to reduce a risk is by eliminating it or reducing it. the most effective way to do this is to prevent people coming into contact with the hazard. There is no better way to do this than the use of Barriers. In this case, warehouse or forklift barriers by Rack Armour Ltd.

Rack Armour can boast a wide range of warehouse and forklift barriers to prevent contact with hazards that meet and suit the needs of your warehouse. With a range of functional barriers available which are all individually suited to different roles, we can provide the prevention to your risks.

In the case above, our double rail pedestrian barrier could have supplied a high visibility defense to the area the pedestrian was working in. The range of flex and absorption our forklift barriers offer would not allow the forklift to endanger the life of any worker.

We also offer barriers specific for protecting the end of pallet racking aisles, picking aisles, walls or structures and a full range of pedestrian barriers.

See our full barrier portfolio here to find out more. 

Click here to get in touch with us! our team are always happy to offer help and advice on warehouse and pallet racking protection.

Watch the video below demonstrate how quickly pallet racking can collapse from just a minor impact…

Warehouses can hit the floor with some force if not protected properly! Reduce warehouse damage by a huge 80% with Rack Armour Ltd!

Racking damage happens on every warehouse site which has pallet racking, this is a fact! but what can you do to stem this flow of accidental damage which is often caused by the MHE? (Mechanical Handling Equipment)

 How Our Upright Protection Can Reduce Racking Damage.

One way to significantly reduce your racking damage on site is to install Rack Armour upright protection. Installed by simply clipping onto your existing racking leg, Rack Armour is fast, easy and clean to use. (Especially as you don’t have to drill holes and bolt them down)

Rack Armours vibrant colour aims to stop impacts that cause racking damage from happening in the first place. This benefit alone will reduce impacts on your site as older metal systems are drab and dull, making it hard for MHE drivers to see there safe working limitations.

There are numerous benefits to the Rack Armour system but we think the best way to customers is to try the product for free. To get your free sample click here and enter your details.

If you would like to find our more please emails us at info@rackamour.com or call us on +44 (0)1226 78 44 88.