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Factors contributing to a well-designed storage sy... What factors determine the choice of storage systems? Overview of other Palletised Storage Video on Palletised Storage Double-deep Pallet Racking Drive In Drive Through Shelving Overview of Small Item Storage Video on Small Items Storage Voice out
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Facilitator's Question
Sunday, January 13, 2008 @ 1:07 AM
Under what circumstance the powered mobile rack (as shown in your Blog) becomes a preferred choice instead of other storage systems? Explain. Powered Mobile Rack is a preferred choice when the warehouse space is limited and space utilisation is a crucial factor to the warehouse. This is because, this type of storage system has good space utilisation as space for only one aisle is needed for fork truck access. Powered Mobile Rack gives a very dense storage, and is suitable for the typical large number of product lines of a product range, where individual SKUs have low inventory and low throughput. It is especially useful in cold-store applications where space costs are especially high, and where temperature variations are reduced by minimizing the air space in the storage area. Space utilization is as high as 90%. The concept of Mobile Shelving eliminates all those wasted aisles - reducing them to a manageable number, while still providing for the multiple access required by your application. Mobile racking is based on a block storage layout. Each bay is mounted on rails, which allows it to be moved into position when required, offering superior space saving capabilities with 100% accessibility. Powered Mobile racking maximizes space utilization, enabling up to 80% of the floor area to be occupied for storage, compared with 30% for conventional wide-aisle pallet racking. The versatility and efficiency of this system makes it particularly suitable for use in cold stores, bulky multi-product applications, palletize consumer goods and food products. It allows the movement of a single aisle within a solid block of racking which exposes the required rack face, this then allows easy access to individual pallets and facilitates efficient stock control. This will thus leads to higher productivity and efficiency. Furthermore, each installation incorporates photo-electric trip mechanisms and fail-safe systems which will ensure maximum safety for operatives thus providing the ease of using it. Powered Mobile Storage system offer the industry's widest selection of safety features. Space saver systems are custom-designed to meet individual capacity needs and can move up to 80,000 pounds (36,200 KG) and more with just the push of a button. Synchronous carriage design and welded steel construction guarantee easy movement and long system life. Powered Mobile Storage provides protection for the system's users, the materials and the system itself thus it is more superior as compared to the other storage systems. Unlike standard pallet racking, which requires a relatively large proportion of floor space to be used for aisles between the rows of pallets, the block arrangement is extremely space efficient. Mobile racking compliments the drive in and narrow aisle space saving racking systems for specialist applications. Space Efficient Mobile racking places rows of pallets adjacent to each other in a block, with no aisles between. Less floor space required for aisles means more floor space available for storage. The bays of mobile racking are located on guide rails set into the floor and are electrically operated to bring each one forward as required for loading or unloading by fork lift truck. In this way, all the advantages of “block” racking are achieved whilst maintaining full access to each individual pallet. Each “block” requires only one aisle and conventional fork lift trucks can be used. In Control Access to each bay is achieved using either a pre-programmed remote control or individually at the push of a button. Each block can be locked in position for additional security for valuable goods. This gives warehouse managers complete control over their stock and throughput. |