Category: Vertical Lift Module
Rolling Ladder
Definition: What is a Rolling Ladder? Ladders equipped with casters to permit them to be moved with ease from place to place are called rolling (or mobile) ladders. Constructed mostly of lightweight, corrosion-resistant and non-magnetic metals such as aluminium, these ladders find most use in storage areas and warehouses to allow access to high shelving. …
Lift Table
Definition: What is a Lift Table? This warehouse device uses a scissors mechanism to raise or lower goods and/or a person. The equipment is useful to raise heavy loads, usually large in size, for relatively small distances. Lift tables are used mostly to manage pallets, load vehicles and raise workers for particular, specialized jobs. One …
Vertical Lift Module
Definition: What are Vertical Lift Modules? A storage system that consists of two parallel columns each of which is divided into fixed shelf locations that can hold a single storage module such as a tray or tote is known as a Vertical Lift Module (VLM for short). These modules store items on trays and …
Automated Storage
Definition: What is Automated Storage? Computer-controlled systems that can place and retrieve loads from defined storage locations automatically are called the automated storage and retrieval system – the acronym used for this is either ASRS or AS/RS. The applications are used most frequently when a very high volume of loads are moved into and out …
