What Life-Span Should Pallet Racking Have?
There are many different brands of pallet racking available in Australia today, made from different grades and thicknesses of steel, with many different designs and advantages. Additional accessories such as rack protection, heavy-duty components and galvanising can increase the life-span and decrease the ongoing maintenance costs of any brand of pallet racking. That said, the life-span of pallet racking can be greatly decreased when an update or revision of the Standards takes place, and the rack fails to meet the new Standard. The existing Standard AS 4084-1993 is due for an update in the near future because references contained in the Standard (particularly to AS 1250: SAA Steel Structures Code and AS 1538: Cold-formed Steel Structures Code) have been superseded (by AS 4100: Steel Structures and AS/NZS 4600: Cold Formed Steel Structures) which makes AS 4084-1993 obsolescent. It is more than likely that the new Standard will be an adaptation of both the Australian Standard AS 4084-19
