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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