What factors need to be considered before designing an automated warehouse?

Automated warehouse is a new concept that has appeared in the logistics system in recent years. It can make full use of high-level space, improve space utilization, and effectively and rationally use limited land resources. The space utilization rate of the automated three-dimensional warehouse is 2 to 5 times that of the ordinary flat warehouse. The multi-fold storage capacity makes the three-dimensional warehouse one of the most popular types of storage shelves. As a decision-maker, what should be considered before planning to invest in the three-dimensional warehouse factor?

1. Understand the site conditions of the reservoir construction, including meteorology, topography, geological conditions, ground bearing capacity, wind and snow loads, earthquake conditions and other environmental influences.

2. It is necessary to understand the company's investment in the storage system, staffing and other plans to determine the scale of the warehouse storage system and the degree of mechanization and automation.

3. Investigate the product name, characteristics (such as fragile, sensitive to light, moisture, etc.) of the goods stored in the warehouse, shape and size, weight per piece, average inventory, maximum inventory, daily inbound and outbound quantities, and inbound and outbound quantities. Inventory and outbound frequency, etc.

4. Investigate and understand other conditions related to the storage system. For example, the source of the incoming goods, the traffic conditions of the linked warehouse, the number of entry and exit doors, the packaging form, the method of handling, the destination and means of transportation of the outgoing goods, etc.

5. The automated three-dimensional warehouse is a subsystem of the enterprise logistics system. It is necessary to understand the requirements of the entire logistics system of the enterprise on the subsystem and the layout diagram of the overall design of the logistics system in order to carry out the overall design of the storage subsystem. It is necessary to investigate the types, quantities and patterns of items entering and exiting the warehouse or stockyard in the past in order to predict the future and calculate and analyze the storage capacity.

6. The automated three-dimensional warehouse is a multi-disciplinary project of machinery, structure, electrical, civil engineering, etc. These specialties intersect and restrict each other in the overall design of the three-dimensional warehouse. Therefore, all disciplines must be taken into consideration during design. For example, the movement accuracy of machinery should be selected according to the structural manufacturing accuracy and civil engineering settlement accuracy.