Vertical Carousels are a general class of storage machine that utilizes chain and track / linkages that rotate box structure shelving modules in a vertical plane.

Vertical carousels resemble a ferris wheel in dynamics, the individual shelving modules are kept horizontal on their path around the vertical track with the use of mechanism.

This is basically using the combination of the chain path of the machine and the secondary GUIDE TRACK and STABALIZING ARMS to shelves the items.

Vertical carousels are available in many load carrying capacities, shelf module dimensions and overall height.

Vertical carousels range from household kitchen pantry consolidation to large industrial units loaded to many tons and heights of 40 feet and more.

Vertical carousels are suited for consolidating the storage of like sized small parts in a small footprint, as the technology is somewhat expensive on a purely volumetric basis.

My personal reflections:

I remembered during my SIP period, my warehouse manager also told me that COURTS (S) is also using this storage system for certain inventories. The advantage for this system he told me is that this system enables FIFO. Which helps to clear the most early stocks first. this helps to prevent obsolete inventories.