Cold Storage Applications
Space optimization is critical in cooler and Freezer applications. With operational cost increasing, double digit construction cost increases the demand for maximum storage capacity with access to every pallet position is crucial for today’s cold storage business. Compact’s mobile racking solution offers high density capacity with access to every SKU.
The following illustration compares the following storage options. Push back, drive in rack, narrow aisle, select rack and Compact mobile. The analysis was based on storing 4000 pallet positions. The five measurements are as follows:
Cubic, random accessibility, square footage, stock rotation, and product damage.
| Comparison of Types of Industrial Storage Options | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Types of Racks | Volume Needed to Store 4000 Pallets* | % of Loads Directly Accessible by Fork Truck** | Floor Area to Store 4000 Pallets*** | Stock Rotation† | Damage to Loads During Handling and Storage‡ |
| Drive-in racks | 865,218 ft3 | 10% - 33% | 24,757 ft2 | First in last out | High |
| Narrow aisle racks | 911,127 ft3 | 100% | 25,295 ft2 | Random access | Low |
| Static Racks | 1,185,584 ft3 | 100% | 32,830 ft2 | Random access | Low |
| Live Storage | 1,115,954 ft3 | 10% - 20% | 29,601 ft2 | First in last out | Medium |
| Pushback Racks | 957,037 ft3 | 25% - 50% | 25,834 ft2 | First in last out | Medium |
| Compact Mobiles | 635,670 ft3 | 100% | 17,761 ft2 | Random Access | Low |
Highlighted areas offer the most favorable option for this category
*Compaction requires only 54%-57% of the cubic space of Static Racks and Live Storage and only 74%-77% of that needed for Drive-in, Narrow Isle and Pushback Racking.
**Compaction offers the highest accessibility to materials. Drive-in, Live Storage and Pushback racking only offer 10%-50% maximum.
*** The landor floor space area for Compaction is only 54% of Static Racks and 60%-72% of all other types.
† While compaction only requires a fraction of the cubic volume and square area of other forms of storage, it still offers the very best form of access, which is full random access.
‡ Compaction offers the lowest damage to goods during handling and storage.
Compact offers remote activation (RF) which activated the Mobile carriage from 350’ through walls, reducing any waiting time for aisle to be accessed.
