Mobile Shelving
DistribuTek Leaning Center
Bin shelving, modular storage cabinets, and flow racks can all be "mobilized". The most popular method of mobilization is the "train-track" method. Parallel tracks
are cut into the floor, and wheels are placed on the bottom of the storage equipment
to create a moving storage system. The space savings accrue from the fact that only
one aisle is needed between all the rows of storage equipment. The aisle is created
by separating two adjacent rows of equipment. As a result, the aisle "floats" in the configuration between adjacent rows of equipment. The storage equipment is moved
by simply sliding the equipment along the tracks , by turning a crank located at
the end of each storage row, or by invoking electric motors which may provide the
motive power. The disadvantage to this approach is the increased time required to
access the items. Every time an item must be accessed, the corresponding storage
aisle must be created.
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