Choose the most cost-effective of three payload capacities.
Because company managers at Greenlee Textron believe you shouldn't pay for more payload capacity than you need, they chose a Kardex vertical lift storage system with payload choices of 200 ,300 and 500 pounds per pan. Heavy fixtures and gauges are stored in 300-pound capacity modules, while small parts and commodities are maintained in more cost-efficient 200-pound modules.
Combine modules to satisfy your own specs and dimensions.
Ford Motor company used the Kardex system's modular design and height flexibility to accommodate an overhead sprinkler system, resulting in a higher storage density than any other type of system.
Expand the system as your storage needs change.
Two months after installing a Kardex vertical lift storage system in their general stores department, Procter & Gamble needed to replace an adjoining mezzanine with a more efficient storage system. Because the Kardes system offers unlimited expansion capability, they were able to add three additional modules to the initial three-module system and link all six modules via Material Control System (MCS) software.
Adjust pan spacing to changing inventory requirements.
After Unisys Corporation's software inventory shifted from 5.25-inch diskettes to 3.5-inch diskettes and CD-ROMs, the company completely reconfigured the pan heights of their four-module Kardex system to maintain the highest possible storage density.
When BASF Corporation consolidated small parts storage into a central warehouse, they relocated two 14 foot Kardex vertical lift storage modules and expanded them to 22 feet - at a fraction of the cost of purchasing a new storage system.