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What is meant by the term paternoster rack?

A paternoster rack is a vertical carousel system. Goods are stored on swing trays attached between two vertically circulating chains, usually powered by electric motors.

Advantages:

  • excellent space utilization
  • clean storage solution
  • supports the FIFO principle
  • good for order picking

 

Disadvantages:

  • high investment cost compared to pallet racks
  • limited scalability
  • less flexibility than flow racks
  • retrieval can be blocked by technical malfunctions

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Efficient and flexible warehouse management

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