Horizontal Carousels
Efficient Storage and Retrieval System
Horizontal carousel storage systems are perfect for high-speed automated picking, parts delivery, buffering, and sortation applications. They automatically position heavy-duty bins to an operator, saving space, reducing labor costs, speeding throughput, and improving accuracy and inventory control.
Outsource Equipment can provide you with a horizontal carousel system that meets your needs and fits into your budget. In fact, companies often recover their investment in less than one year through improved productivity, reduced floor space, reduced error rates, reduced shrinkage, and greater up time.
Horizontal carousels are highly effective in various picking scenarios, particularly when paired with pick-to-light systems or other picking upgrades. Additionally, these machines are commonly configured with multiple carousels to create one pod, which further decreases operator idle time. When integrated with inventory management software, horizontal carousels enable efficient batch picking.
Additionally, horizontal carousel storage systems are not as height-limited as one might think; the carousels can be set up to provide access on a second (mezzanine) level, essentially doubling the height – and therefore, storage – capacity. And while the typical horizontal carousel is not enclosed, some applications have security doors, password protection and transaction tracking (via inventory-management software) to secure product storage.
Benefits of Horizontal Carousel Systems
- High Throughput – Operators can pick at a rate of up to 450 lines per hour.
- Increased Accuracy– The paperless Lightree and Sortbar picking method virtually eliminates picking errors.
- Labor Reduction – Items are brought to the operator, eliminating walk and search time. The software automatically queues orders, batches picks, and positions the carousels for picking, reducing wait time.
- Cube Utilization– Companies implementing a horizontal carousel system can reclaim up to 75% of floor space, as shelves are easily adjustable and carousels may be tiered with or without mezzanines.
- Fast ROI – Companies often recover their investment in less than a year through increased productivity, reduced floor space, lower error rates, less shrinkage, and greater uptime.
Modula Horizontal Carousels
- Outsource Equipment is pleased to be a distributor of the latest generation of Diamond Horizontal Carousel picking systems, which integrate state-of-the-art hardware and software. Diamond Horizontal Carousels are crafted with the most durable materials, the highest quality construction, the most reliable components and state-of-the-art controls – and are backed by one of the strongest manufacturer warranties in the industry.
Diamond Horizontal Carousels are built to seamlessly integrate into your operation and are built to last:
- Structural steel fabrication for long-term durability in the heaviest of applications
- Modular frame design can be expanded or reduced simply and economically
- Floor loading – base plates make full contact with floor, even with variations of 6 inches or more, with no need for shims or grouting
- Custom bin designs made in-house for many different applications
- Fully factory tested under power with links, yokes, load bars and drive units in place
Diamond Horizontal Carousels will provide you with many other benefits:
- Single frame size – allowing multiple bin sizes and faster deliveries
- Dual bin configurations available – 36” to 48”
- “Uniframe” carousels can be double, triple or quad-tiered with no additional modification and limited cost
- Commercially available AC controllers that are highly reliable and fully featured
- Highly efficient direct drives that provide the fastest retrieval speeds in the industry
- State-of-the-art bin design – heavy gauge safety loops at bin front and efficient “fold out” installation
- The highest capacity standard shelves in the industry – 150 lbs. standard, with optional capacities.
