Horizontal Carousel

Horizontal Carousels are a system of carriers (or bins) that rotate on an oval track, delivering stored items to an operator on demand. Carriers or bins are designed to hold several different weights, plus the shelves can be spaced as little as one and half inches apart for maximum density, allowing for flexibility in manufacturing, distribution, and/or warehouse environments.

A wide range of shelf options are available to maximize storage density and selectivity, including choices of widths, depths and spacing. Up to three horizontal carousels can be stacked to take advantage of unused overhead space. This compact design of these systems reduces storage space requirements between 40 and 60 percent, recovering floor space for value-added operations. Return on investment will vary from one company to another, but the common elements of the financial equation are the following advantages the system offers.

Major Benefits

Save time - The “Goods to Man” principle eliminates unproductive, long search times, the result is a fast and accurate retrieval. The Kardex horizontal system always travels the shortest distance to the pick station, where a pick to light system will indicate the correct bin for stock retrieval. The horizontal carousel revolutionizes previous stores and distribution routines eliminating non productive activities

Save space - The total dimensions of the overall carousel, allowing for picking stations, ensures that maximum storage capacity is available within a minimum footprint.

Large carrier loads - A Kardex horizontal can store a total bay load of up to 60 tonnes and each bay is suspended individually from a rugged overhead guide rail track.

Flexible Stacking - The Kardex horizontal can accommodate a wide variety of shapes and sizes. The maximum measurements of one article can be the same dimensions as a whole vertical bay.