Manual Mobile Shelving

Manual mobile shelving with folding handwheels in a working archive

No.02 Manual · Handwheel Drive

Open the aisle
by hand.

Manual mobile shelving stacks every row on wheels and lets them share one aisle. A handwheel or crank turns a chain drive — twelve newtons of effort, self-locking, no electrical supply. The same welded steel platform as our intelligent range, bought without the motor.

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≤12 NOperating force
480 kgPer double-sided bay
0 WPower required, ever
5 yrWarranty, 10 on frames

Where the aisle goes § 01

Static rows waste one aisle per row.

Same floor · two strategies FIXED AN AISLE AT EVERY ROW 5 rows · 6 aisles ≈ 40% of the floor is aisle MOBILE ONE SHARED AISLE 700 mm aisle — opened where you stand 6 rows · 1 aisle ≈ half the floor freed for storage

Fixed shelving gives every row its own aisle — most of them empty, most of the time. Mobile bays roll on a shared rail and open a single aisle only where you stand, so the same floor holds roughly twice the storage.

  • 700 mm aisle opened on demand between two compacted runs
  • 100 mm clearance needed at each end of the rail — typical, confirmed per project
  • One aisle shared across the whole run instead of one per row
  • ≈2× storage density versus fixed shelving on the same footprint

Six house finishes § 02

Pick the colour. Or send us a RAL.

Light Grey-White#E7E3DCNeutral, for bright open archives.
Ivory#F2EDE2Warm, softens long corridors.
Sand Beige#D9CBAABlends with timber interiors.
Navy Grey#3B4744Quiet authority, front-of-house.
Powder Blue#ACA69DCalm, a library favourite.
Charcoal#53504BHard-wearing, hides dust.

Free RAL matching on request — send a swatch and we match it on the powder line.

Every part, named § 03

Named on the drawing,
before it is welded.

Labelled engineering diagram of one manual mobile shelving bay — panel, roof, divider, book barrier, base, rail, termination device, steering wheel, side board, brake rigging, keys and concealed anti-falling system
Bay anatomy · double-sided manual run · shelf width = bays × 900 + 50 + 100 mm · depth 560 mm · height 2360 mm
Steering handwheel12 N of effort, folds flat when parked
Brake riggingLocks the whole row in place
Anti-tilt lockConcealed inside the upright column
End terminationBuffers the end of every run
Welded baseWelded chassis carrying every bay
Dividers & book supportsRe-seatable on a 30 mm pitch

The case for hand power § 04

What can manual shelving do for you?

  • No motor to buy, power or maintain
  • No wiring, no site power, no electrician
  • Lower unit price than the intelligent range
  • Same welded platform — same 480 kg bay load
  • Near-silent: no motor whir, no fans, no beeps
  • Nothing to reboot, update or recharge — ever

The long term § 05

A shelf is a fifteen-year decision. We warrant it like one.

10 yron welded frames
5 yrcomplete system warranty
Lifetimespare-parts supply
≥500 hsalt-spray tested coating

Powder coat 60–80 µm baked at 180 °C · 8-stage pickling & phosphating · GB/T 13667.3 / 13667.4 · DA/T 65 · ISO 9001 · ISO 14001 · SGS-audited

A real project § 06

One sketch, one container plan.
Flat-packed, self-assembled.

Assembled double-sided manual mobile shelving with folding handwheels in a customer archive room Delivered · university library, Southeast Asia
  • 620 m²archive floor, existing slab — no foundation works
  • 96 baysdouble-sided, 2360 mm high, ivory powder coat
  • 2 × 40 ftflat-packed container load, 1 180 cartons
  • 2 peopleis all self-assembly takes — hand tools, drawings and a video guide included

“Everything arrived flat-packed and numbered. Our own maintenance crew bolted the run together over a weekend — no specialist contractor, no extra invoice.”

Library services manager · the client above
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