The patented racking system performed as expected in Salt Lake City’s most recent 5.7 earthquake

Hannibal Industries has announced its patented TubeRack system performed as expected during the magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Salt Lake City. Much like the other TubeRack installations throughout Utah, American Crafts’ warehouse racking was left undamaged.

TubeRack Inventor, Andrew Kirby states, “As an engineer, I believe my job is to design safer products that can prevent accidents and ultimately save lives. I was really pleased to hear TubeRack lived up to its design specifications during this seismic event.”

“When the team at Liftrucks, Etc. came to us and provided us with the benefits of TubeRack, it was a no-brainer to go with the patented TubeRack system. We are just miles away from the epicenter and the racking system outperformed my expectation,” said Jason Harrington, American Crafts’ Distribution Center Manager.

Hannibal’s Stocking Distributor, Liftrucks, Etc. is a full-service material handling sales and service company that also provides professional warehouse design services to a variety of companies like American Crafts. Based in Utah, American Crafts was founded in 1994 by Steve and Alma Mitchell with their sons to cater to the general crafting market. Since its inception, the company has transitioned focus from scrapbooking to art supplies, card making supplies, food crafting and more.

TubeRack is known to provide a stronger, safer, smarter and more cost-effective solution to warehouse racking. In addition to its many benefits, the system’s dual-moment frame allows flexibility both front-to-back and side-to-side giving it the ability to withstand impacts and seismic events while handling greater capacity.