Pallet Storage Systems
Automated Pallet Storage for Increased Productivity
A pallet storage system is an automated solution that can help warehouses, production facilities and distribution centres store, manage and retrieve palletised goods efficiently. These systems can support growth by improving throughput, storage density, order accuracy and site safety.
Our pallet storage systems can handle Euro pallets, industrial pallets, mesh pallets and other large load carriers. By combining automated storage and retrieval technology with intelligent software, these systems help create a reliable material flow from goods-in through to production, picking and dispatch.
What Is a Pallet Storage System?
Automated pallet storage systems, also known as pallet automated storage and retrieval systems, or pallet ASRS, replace manual or VNA-style handling with controlled, automated pallet movement. Instead of relying on forklifts to transport and store goods, pallets are moved using automated equipment such as cranes, shuttles, conveyors and warehouse software.
Pallet ASRS can be used in manufacturing, distribution and fulfilment operations to make better use of available warehouse space, increase throughput and improve inventory accuracy. Each system can be designed around the available building space, pallet types, throughput requirements and operational processes.
Benefits of Pallet Storage Systems:
- Increases production and distribution throughput rates
- Securely transports heavy loads to minimise product damage
- Improves order accuracy to increase customer satisfaction rate
- Leverages vertical facility height increase storage volume and density
- Improves site safety by transporting heavy loads
Types of Pallet Storage Systems
GEBHARDT designs automated pallet storage systems around your warehouse, production or distribution needs. Each solution can be adapted to your pallet types, load carriers, building layout and material flow requirements.
Why Automate Pallet Storage?
Pallet storage systems can help solve several common warehouse challenges, especially where pallet volumes are increasing or manual processes are limiting performance.
Forklift-based pallet handling can create bottlenecks in busy areas such as goods-in, production, dispatch and replenishment zones. Queueing, manual coordination and shared traffic routes can slow down material flow. Automated pallet storage systems create a more predictable movement of goods, helping pallets move between storage and process areas more efficiently.
Growing demand often creates pressure on existing storage capacity. Expanding the building or relocating operations is not always practical. Automated pallet storage systems can use available building height and high-density racking to increase storage capacity within the existing footprint.
Manual storage processes can lead to incorrect pallet locations, missed scans, double counting or picking mistakes. A pallet AS/RS records pallet positions and movements automatically, helping goods to be stored, tracked and retrieved more accurately.
As pallet volumes grow, manual handling can require more staff, more forklift movements and more time spent correcting errors or damage. Automated pallet storage systems can reduce manual handling requirements, minimise product damage and support a more consistent material flow.
Heavy pallet movements can create risk when forklifts, pedestrians and production traffic operate in the same space. Automated pallet storage reduces the need for manual heavy-load handling and helps separate people from high-traffic pallet movements.
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