Are the through-type heavy-duty shelves the most cost-effective solution for cold storage?

Cold storage has higher operating costs than normal temperature storage due to its low temperature. Therefore, when storing goods in cold storage, it is likely that they will prioritize the use of dense-type storage racks to increase storage capacity and save overall operating costs. Are the through-type heavy-duty storage racksthe most cost-effective cold storage storage solution? Let's find out.

Through-type heavy-duty storage racks allow for forklifts to directly enter the interior of the racks, eliminating redundant forklift access paths and increasing warehouse space utilization to 80% - 90%. It is evident that its storage density is very high, but high storage density does not necessarily mean it is the most cost-effective cold storage storage solution. Its cost-effectiveness highly depends on the specific characteristics of the goods and the operation mode.

The reason it can achieve dense storage is that it has unified requirements for the specifications and categories of goods. When there are multiple categories and varieties of goods, it is not suitable to use through-type racks for storage. However, for goods that need to be stored in the cold storage, most of the time they have uniform specifications and a single category, so using through-type heavy-duty storage racks for storage is very suitable. But because forklifts enter the storage aisles to retrieve goods and the operation mode is first-in-first-out, the efficiency of storing and retrieving goods is relatively low. This is why it is not the most cost-effective cold storage storage solution. If you want to have a large storage capacity and high efficiency, you can consider the gravity-type racks and the shuttle-type racks as these two solutions.