Storage equipment are used for holding or buffering materials over a period of time.
The major types of storage equipment are:
- Block stacking
- Selective pallet rack
- Drive-through rack
- Drive-in rack
- Flow-through rack
- Push-back rack
- Sliding rack
- Cantilever rack
- Stacking frame
- Shelves/Bins/Drawers
- Storage carousel
- Automatic storage/retrieval system (ASRS)
- Split case order picking system
- Mezzanine
However, in the traditionally view of logistic, storage system is not closely related to material handling system (MHS). It only start to merge with MHS in the modern society.
Therefore, we will not explain much about individual equipment used for storing the material.