I've seen a couple of these in person.
And as best I can tell the metal dividers are basically sandwiched between the wood shelves which are held together by long threaded rods that run through the unit vertically. I assume there are slits cut into the wood shelves that the metal dividers sit into. Otherwise, I don't know that there is any mechanical connection. Hope this helps with your question at all.
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