What are the access door options for standard and custom bulk containers?
November 10, 2022
Access door options for your standard and custom collapsible bulk containers
RPP Containers offers an extensive line of plastic
collapsible bulk containers in a wide variety of sizes, heights, and differing weight ratings. No matter your
application, we have a bin to fit your needs. While most customers focus on the weight capacity and size of the bin to hold and protect their products, one aspect of the bin tends to get a little less attention but can be just as important: Access doors. After all, what good is a strong bin if loading and unloading your product from the bins is too difficult? Our standard bins and custom units offer quite a bit of flexibility for loading and unloading.
Standard "Drop Doors" on Collapsible Bulk Containers
The most common way to load and unload bulk containers is with the standard drop doors. The majority of the bins that we stock will come standard with a drop door on the two longer sides of the bin. These doors can vary in height, but most are at least 1/3 of the overall height of the bin to make it easier to load and unload the container. While doors on the long sides of the bin are standard, many of the bins we offer can also be made with doors on the short sides or even doors on all four sides of the container. This “standard” door flexibility gives our customers the option to use these bins in WIP applications, pick through bins on an assembly line floor, and help with ergonomics, so employees aren’t having to try and reach over the full height of the container they are using.
Customized Access Door Options
While the standard door configurations work for most of our customers, over the years, we have been presented with specific use cases where those doors simply don’t get the job done. Our
CustomBulk
department has come up with several additional options for our customers.
Multiple Doors on the Long Sides of the Container
For customers that use containers in picking lines, an extended-length bin is sometimes needed that is large enough for multiple people to pick from. We have made 10 ft. long or even longer bins with multiple doors on the long sides of the containers. This allows one large bin to be placed between two production lines, and up to four people can pick parts from the bins for assembly. We have even done these containers with permanent dividers to allow multiple products to be stored and sorted within the same bins.
Barn Doors of all sizes
For the 45” x 48” footprint bins, we offer standard “Barn Door” inserts in 34”, 42”, and 50” heights. These doors are common for customers who want to load large bulky items or extremely heavy items that cannot be lifted over the edge of a standard drop door. We can also make these same style doors but in different configurations. We have done extended height doors and bottom base barn doors that allow for the bins to gravity empty.
Fully Removable Side Walls
Bins can also be modified to remove an entire side wall. On smaller containers, we can use metal U-Channels to allow walls to slide in and out of place. These allow the bins to maintain very high weight ratings and remove any lips around the base that would make loading and unloading very heavy items difficult.
Do you have questions?
Our
CustomBulk
team is ready to work with you and your company to help come up with the best, most efficient, ergonomic, and most functional way to load and unload your plastic bulk containers. Our years in the reusable bulk container business, industry expertise, and rapid prototyping abilities make RPP Containers the best choice for your material handling needs.
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