Used across a huge range of sectors and industries, stillages need to be well constructed, in a sturdy material that’s strong enough to hold generous load capacities, making them versatile even in the most demanding working environments.
Different stillage designs by MC&P take these factors into account, adding extra features and custom options as required to create stable metal stillage frameworks that are made to last, no matter the loads they carry.
This article looks at how a stillage is made by MC&P to suit your organisation’s needs while offering excellent value for money.
How is a stillage made to be strong?
MC&P stillages are designed and engineered for heavy-duty uses, suiting demanding sectors from construction and forestry to logistics, manufacturing and warehousing. A stillage is made to be strong using tough mild steel that’s good to work with and will make a stillage that’s built to last.
Stillages made by MC&P are strong and robust, withstanding tough working environments as a result of their construction using materials such as box section steel instead of angle steel, giving additional reinforcement to corners and legs which allows stillages to carry greater capacities whilst remaining stackable.
How are MC&P’s stillages made?
How are strong, versatile stillages made by MC&P for use across any sector? Our processes are tried and tested by a team with over 35 years’ experience in metal stillage, cage and pallet engineering.
Key to how a stillage is made is the strength of the complete structure, and its ability to remain stable, even when fully loaded, and to be moved either manually or mechanically using a pump trolley, forklift truck, hiab or telehandler – or even a crane.
A stillage is made by MC&P in a number of stages:
- Standard stillages bought online are often already in stock, made in our factory ready for distribution across the UK.
- Stillages are made to a standard design and specification, but can be customised with options such as the addition of forklift guides for safe mechanical lifting, or castor wheels, for safe, mechanical-free handling by your team.
- A customised stillage is made bespoke. When you contact our team to discuss what you need from your stillage, we will agree how your product can be made to suit your operational needs – for example, should it be a different shape or size, does it need to feature access hatches or drop-doors, or does your stillage need to be made with other features to keep goods secure during handling, storage or transit?
- Fully-welded stillages made by MC&P mean no self-assembly, nuts or bolts are required. You’ll receive a fully-assembled, strong stillage that’s ready to get to work straight away, and has been quality-checked by our team before leaving the factory.
- Stillages are made with pressed feet, giving stillages made by MC&P superb strength and stability when in transit, storage or when stacked. Feet are “pressed” from a single sheet of steel, ideal for heavy-duty stillages made to carry demanding loads.
- Whether standard or bespoke, stillages made by MC&P are designed and engineered in-house for reassurance that your stillages will be made, quality-assured and shipped without delays.
- MC&P stillages are made in our UK factory and shipped nationwide by trusted couriers, or collected by you direct from our factory. When you buy from us, you’re buying British engineering from a family-run business with years of experience in stillage engineering.
How a stillage is made is often determined by how the stillage will be used. For example, do the contents need to be easily visible or accessible via a hatch door or drop side, will contents be heavy and does the stillage therefore need to weigh less, will contents be valuable, requiring a lockable stillage, and where will the stillage be stored?
MC&P’s versatile stillage range is made to suit almost any working environment you can think of, but customised stillages can be designed and engineered bespoke if you need something unique.
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Order strong, tough & heavy-duty metal stillages made by MC&P today!
Need stillages that are made to last, whatever you throw at them? Order stillages online or get in touch to speak to our experienced team about our metal stillages, cages, pallets, racks and handling products range.
Collect from us in St Helens (10 mins from the M6 junction 23 or 24), or we’ll deliver your metal stillage throughout the UK.
We’re NOT A CATALOGUE COMPANY. Products are manufactured by our in-house engineers, with trade prices offered on our full stillage range. Ordering 40 or more stillages or other products? Contact us for a quote and a 40+ unit bulk-buy discount.
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