Warehousing

Fabric Roll ASRS Rack Capacity & Floor Load Calculator

Rack capacity truncates in three directions at once. A rack that is nominally big enough usually is not, by one roll in every direction.

Rack Bay Envelope
m
m
m
Roll Stored unit
m
m
m
kg

Rack Capacity

— rolls

After clearances and whole-roll truncation

Packing & Loading

Positions Across the Bay
— no.
Storage Levels
— no.
Rolls Deep
— no.
Volumetric Utilisation
— %
Stored Weight
— kg
Floor Loading
— kg/m²

Cylindrical rolls in a rectangular bay cannot exceed about 78% packing even when perfectly nested, so utilisation below that is normal rather than a planning error. Floor loading is averaged over the bay footprint — check the point loads under the rack feet against the slab design separately.

Fabric Roll ASRS Rack Capacity & Floor Load Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.