With a vertical or horizontal carousel, warehouse storage and picking becomes more efficient. These storage carousels keep products secure and streamline the picking process for faster order fulfillment. Siggins designs high-quality vertical and horizontal carousels tailored to your specific needs.
What Are Vertical and Horizontal Carousels?
A carousel is a type of picker technology. Horizontal and vertical carousels serve the same function by presenting and delivering an item to a person. These pieces of equipment are variants of Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), and they consist of shelving units or trays on a moving track. While these picker technology variants serve the same purpose and operate similarly, they also differ in the following ways:
- Horizontal carousels: A horizontal shelving carousel moves horizontally in a loop.
- Vertical carousels: A vertical shelving carousel contains trays that move vertically in a loop.
How Vertical and Horizontal Carousels Work
Vertical and horizontal carousels contain bins or trays. A worker can manually enter an address into a control station, assigning the address to a specific bin or tray using a simple dial. Or, a computer can select addresses to match predetermined pick sequences using a sophisticated warehouse management system with a computer download.
Once addresses are manually entered or computer-selected, the carousel then quickly retrieves small or medium parts, components, or files and delivers them to specific bins or trays where workers can retrieve them.
Vertical and Horizontal Carousel Uses
Since carousels are a form of AS/RS, they can serve several purposes for your organization, such as the following:
- Picking orders
- Acting as production tools for performing work
- Buffering or transporting items between workstations
- Automatically testing or performing production burn-in for motor or electronic products
- Providing security
- Managing inventory
Benefits of Vertical and Horizontal Carousels
Vertical and horizontal carousels are highly efficient. They come in various sizes, allowing them to fit specific applications. Storage carousels offer the following benefits:
- Fast retrieval: Carousels retrieve and deliver items rapidly, allowing workers to pick up products quickly and fulfill orders on time. Employees can complete hundreds of picks per hour depending on the type of merchandise they are working with.
- Minimal or no picker idle time: Carousels often operate in two to four pods or groups. Using carousels in groups reduces or eliminates idle picker time because workers can pick from one unit while another unit rotates to present a new address.
- Paperless picking guidance: Warehouse workers can use light bars to assist in paperless picking. These bars indicate the number of pieces a worker needs to pick and where on the bin or tray they can pick the items from.
Purchase High-Quality Vertical and Horizontal Carousels From Siggins
Efficient warehouse storage can help your warehouse fulfill orders faster and eliminate picker idle time. Siggins offers various warehouse storage solutions, such as vertical and horizontal carousels, to help you streamline your product storage and picking. We have been serving several markets in various industries since 1946, so we have the necessary expertise and equipment to meet your needs. Contact us to learn more about horizontal and vertical warehouse storage solutions.
