rack face

rack face

The frontmost part of any kind of framework used to hold, organize, or display various things. You want to be sure that nothing obstructs the rack face, as we'll need access to the chassis assemblies at all times.
See also: face, rack
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rack face

n. one’s face after sleeping in a bed or rack. In the mirror, I saw an old man with “rack face” and a scraggly beard.
See also: face, rack
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • on tiptoe
  • on tiptoe(s)
  • on tiptoe/tiptoes
  • tiptoe
  • rack off
  • at rack and manger
  • manger
  • touch (one's) forelock
  • touch your forelock
  • tug your forelock
References in periodicals archive
Regardless of size, most AS/RS have the same basic configuration: Two rows of metal rack face each other with a narrow aisle in between.
* Airflow exits the computational domain uniformly in the horizontal direction over the area of the rack face for any activated rack.
Together the two mounts allow larger monitors to be mounted in front of the rack face for a more finished look.
Included with this shelf is a rear support bracket that adjusts for any depth monitor, and keeps the monitor's screen flush with the front of the sloping rack face. Customized cutouts for large monitors can be ordered from Winsted for a clean, finished appearance.
This shelf includes a rear support bracket that adjusts for any depth monitor and keeps the screen flush with the front of the sloping rack face. Customized cutouts can be ordered for large monitors.
In this configuration, two rows of standard rack face each other with a narrow aisle between them.
Orderpickers fill this role; they easily move the operator up to a rack face for picking cartons off a pallet load.
Counterbalanced sitdown lift trucks require a lot of room in order to maneuver into a position that's perpendicular to the rack face; it is this space requirement that dictates the 12-ft-wide aisles.
At the rack face, a worker selects totes one at a time and places them on a roller conveyor spine that feeds 72 workstations (six pods of six workstations on each side of the conveyor).
This type of truck simply noses up to the rack face with its outriggers sliding into the bottom level, and either picks up or deposits a pallet.
One face of a double sided rack faces onto the block stacking area and is normally accessed to heights of 6.5 metres by two conventional counterbalance trucks.