Corrugated Bin Shelving for Utah Warehouses and Parts Rooms
Steel shelving or pallet rack filled with open-top corrugated bin boxes: one of the lowest-cost ways to give every small part its own labeled pick face. Planned, sized and quoted by our Salt Lake City team.
From $15.61
Per bundle of 25 bin boxes
80+ sizes
2″ to 23″ wide, up to 42″ deep
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Want the shelving and bins in one order? These steel bin shelving units ship with uprights, six shelves and open-front plastic bins included. Pair them with corrugated bin boxes for slow movers, or call our Utah team to quote a full parts room.
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What Corrugated Bin Shelving Is
Corrugated bin shelving is ordinary industrial shelving, or the lower levels of a pallet rack, filled edge to edge with open-top bin boxes made of corrugated cardboard. Each box has a tall back and a low, cut-away front, so a picker can see the part and reach in without pulling the bin off the shelf. A label on the front lip turns every box into a bin location.
It is the same idea as bin shelving with plastic shelf bins or steel compartments, built from the lowest-cost container there is. A full section of shelving can be binned out for less than the price of a few dozen molded plastic bins, and the boxes ship flat, so a whole room of bins arrives on a single pallet.
Corrugated bins are made in white (a coated outer liner that looks clean and takes a label well) and natural kraft. Both fold from one die-cut blank with locking tabs; no tape or glue is needed.
Where corrugated bins make the most sense
- New or fast-changing parts rooms: bin out a room quickly, learn the real part mix, then upgrade the busiest locations to plastic later.
- Slow movers and the long tail: thousands of low-use part numbers that each need a home but rarely get touched.
- Seasonal, project and overflow stock: bins that may only be needed for a season or a single job.
- Receiving, returns and staging: temporary bins for parts waiting on put-away, inspection or credit.
- Tight budgets: when the shelving is the priority and the bins have to come in at a few dollars each or less.
Types of Corrugated Bins for Shelving and Rack
Sizes are listed width x depth x height in inches, where depth is the front-to-back length that runs into the shelf. Ranges below are from the current online catalog.
| Bin type | Typical sizes | Sold in | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| White open-top bin boxes | 2–18″ W x 9, 12, 15, 18 or 24″ D x 4-1/2″ H | Bundles of 25 or 50 | Small parts on 12″, 18″ and 24″ deep shelving |
| Kraft open-top bin boxes | 2–12″ W x 9–24″ D x 4-1/2″ H | Bundles of 25 or 50 | The same jobs where a natural brown finish is fine |
| Stackable bin boxes | 2–12″ W x 12 or 18″ D x 4-1/2″ H | Bundles of 50 | Reinforced fronts that tolerate stacking and heavier handling |
| Jumbo bin boxes | 6–22-1/2″ W x 12, 18 or 24″ D x 8–12″ H | Bundles of 20–50 | Filters, belts, gaskets, bagged and bulky parts |
| Warehouse rack bins | 10–23″ W x 42″ D x 10–20″ H | Bundles of 10 | Full-depth bins on 42″ deep pallet rack with wire decks |
| Corrugated bin dividers | 4″, 6″ and 8″ | Bundles of 100 | Splitting one bin into two or more compartments |
| Corrugated totes | 19-1/2 x 13 x 10″ and 25 x 19 x 12″ | Bundles of 25 | Kits and carry-off loads that leave the shelf |
Bin dividersTwo parts, one box. Dividers slot in to split a bin, so a 6″ wide box can hold two related part numbers.
Corrugated totesFor kits that travel. Hand-hole totes carry a picked kit to the bench or truck, then fold flat for reuse.
Ships flat, folds in secondsOne pallet, a whole room. Blanks fold into bins on site with no tape, so storage and freight stay small until the bins are needed.Corrugated vs. Plastic Shelf Bins
Neither material is better everywhere. Most Utah parts rooms we plan end up with both: plastic bins where parts are picked many times a day, corrugated where they are not. Here is the honest comparison.
| Question | Corrugated bin boxes | Plastic shelf bins |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per bin | Lowest; often well under a dollar or two each in bundles | Several times higher per bin |
| Freight and storage | Ship and store flat | Ship nested, take more space |
| Life in a busy pick face | Months to a few years; fronts wear with heavy picking | Many years |
| Moisture and liquids | Poor; softens and sags when wet | Unaffected; washable |
| Heavy, sharp or oily parts | Limited; oil stains and sharp edges cut through | Good |
| Cleaning and dust control | Cannot be washed; sheds fibre | Wipe or wash clean |
| Reconfiguring | Cheap to replace or resize as the mix changes | Reuse the same bins in new locations |
| Static-sensitive parts | Not for ESD-protected areas | Conductive versions available |
| End of life | Recyclable with ordinary cardboard | Long life; recyclable in some programs |
Rule of thumb: if a location is picked many times a day, holds oily, wet or heavy parts, or must stay clean, use plastic shelf bins. If it is a slow mover, a temporary location or a room that is still settling into its layout, corrugated will do the job for a fraction of the cost. For electronics, see ESD shelving and electronics storage; cardboard is not suitable in a static-controlled area. The full range of molded options is on our industrial storage bins page.
Sizing Corrugated Bins to Your Shelves
Good corrugated bin shelving starts with the shelf, not the box. Match bin depth to shelf depth so the back of each bin sits near the back of the shelf, and pick widths that add up to the shelf width with a little slack for fingers.
| Shelf depth | Bin depth to use | Bins across a 36″ wide shelf | Bins across a 48″ wide shelf |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12″ | 12″ (or 9″ for a step-back) | 9 at 4″ W, 6 at 6″ W, 4 at 8″ W | 12 at 4″ W, 8 at 6″ W, 6 at 8″ W |
| 18″ | 18″ (or 15″) | 9 at 4″ W, 6 at 6″ W, 3 at 12″ W | 12 at 4″ W, 8 at 6″ W, 4 at 12″ W |
| 24″ | 24″, or two 12″ bins front and back | 6 at 6″ W, 4 at 8″ W, 3 at 12″ W | 8 at 6″ W, 6 at 8″ W, 4 at 12″ W |
| 42″ pallet rack | 42″ warehouse rack bins | Per 96″ beam: 9 at 10″ W, 6 at 15″ W | Per 144″ beam: 14 at 10″ W, 6 at 23″ W |
Counts use nominal bin and shelf widths; real bins run a little under their nominal size, but measure the clear width between posts before ordering a full run. For 4-1/2″ bins, set shelves about 7–8″ apart so a hand fits over the bin back. That lets a standard 84″ or 87″ high section carry about ten bin levels instead of five or six shelf levels of loose boxes.
Use dividers before you add bins. If a part number only needs two inches of shelf, a divider in a 6″ bin is faster to set up and easier to label than three narrow boxes. Corrugated dividers come in 4″, 6″ and 8″ heights.
Size to a refill, not a year. A bin should hold a few weeks of use with the reserve on the top shelf or a nearby rack. Our bin inventory system guide covers two-bin and min/max refills.
Label every front. Part number and location on the front lip; see our bin location labeling guide for code formats that survive a re-slot.
The Shelving and Rack Behind Corrugated Bins
Cardboard bins need a flat, solid surface. Small bins tip and their bottoms sag into open gaps, so the deck under them matters as much as the frame.
| Frame | Deck | Why it works for corrugated bins |
|---|---|---|
| Steel shelving (clip or nut-and-bolt) | Solid steel shelves | Close shelf spacing for many bin levels; the classic small-parts room |
| Boltless shelving | Particleboard, steel or wire decks with a solid liner | Wide and deep spans for jumbo bins and cartons on the same unit |
| Pallet rack | Wire decking on the beams | 42″ warehouse rack bins on the lower levels, pallets above |
| Wire shelving | Wire shelves with a solid shelf mat | Workable for larger bins; small boxes need a mat so they sit flat |
Pallet rack bins. Long 42″ corrugated bins are made to sit on a standard 42″ deep pallet rack with wire decks. They turn the floor and first beam levels of a pallet rack bay into a pick face for hoses, belts, bagged hardware and other bulky small parts, while full pallets stay above. Our Utah pallet rack team can add a low beam level to existing rack for this.
Mixed rooms. Many stockrooms run plastic shelf bins on the fast-moving front aisles and corrugated bins on the back aisles of slow movers. Both fit the same shelving, so a location can switch material without moving steel. See warehouse bin shelving systems for pick-zone layout and slotting.
Utah Planning Notes for Corrugated Bin Shelving
Utah conditions are kinder to cardboard than most of the country, with a few exceptions worth planning around.
- Dry air helps. Low humidity along the Wasatch Front and in southern Utah keeps corrugated bins stiff far longer than in humid climates.
- Watch evaporative coolers. Swamp coolers are common in Utah shops and warehouses and raise humidity near their outlets. Keep corrugated bins out of the direct airflow, or use plastic there.
- Dock doors and snowmelt. Bins near overhead doors see wet carts and blown snow in winter. Keep the first section in from a dock on plastic or on a raised bottom shelf.
- Anchor tall shelving. The Wasatch Front is seismically active. Anchor tall units to the floor and keep heavy parts low; see our shelving anchoring guide.
- Combustible load and sprinklers. Cardboard adds fuel to a room. Keep the required clearance below sprinkler deflectors (commonly 18″) and check with your fire marshal or sprinkler designer before converting a large area to corrugated bins.
- Unheated buildings. Cold itself does not hurt cardboard, but condensation on cold steel does. Let shelving warm up before loading bins in a building that has just been heated.
How we plan a corrugated bin shelving project
Send the space and the parts
Room dimensions, photos and a parts list or rough count of part numbers by size.
Bin and shelf plan
We match bin sizes to shelf depths, set level spacing and mark which aisles stay plastic.
One quote, delivered
Shelving, rack levels, bins, dividers and labels on one quote, delivered across Utah.
Call our Utah project line at 801-328-8788 or request a quote. Some common sizes are in stock at select manufacturers, subject to confirmation at quote time. For every Utah bin shelving option, start at our Utah bin shelving page; for shelving of all kinds statewide, see Utah shelving. Contractors stocking vans and shop walls can also see contractor bin shelving.
Corrugated Bin Shelving FAQs
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