The Multiple Benefits of Metal Cages

Posted by Deby Smith
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Oct 14, 2015
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We see cages used in virtually every industry, the shops around our homes and inside our homes too. But those used in the industries are completely different from those that we experience at our homes. In most cases, it is observed that they use roll cages or pallet cages. This is basically a wheeled truck or a trolley base with a metal mesh or cage type vertical storage area on top of them.

Since they already have wheels or castors, they can be easily moved (pushed/pulled) in and out of the distribution vehicles after getting loaded or unloaded. The good thing about this form of metal cages is that they have ended the need of some of the costliest and specialized transportation requirements that are used with pallets and forklifts. Depending upon the industry where they are used, they are given the different names like – 

  • A parcel trolley
  • Cage trolley
  • Roll container
  • Distribution trolley

The benefits

According to the people from different industries, there are numerous benefits of picking this version.

  • Perhaps, the biggest is that they have eliminated the need of different vehicles like forklifts and equipments like pallets.
  • Now, warehouses and storage houses rely more upon them rather than the old-fashioned pallets that they were using till now. 
  • The design and shape of steel cages is helpful and advantageous in several ways. For example – they have to system designed to use the vertical space and unmatched uniformity in the width and depth is also there. Because of these features, they have become the first choice of several warehouse managers and owners.
  • They help the staff use the available space in a better manner while transportation. 
  • They have trimmed the number of occasions when a product suffers damage because they can use the shelves within the cages. 
  • The metal mesh constructed in the metal cages is far more durable than the pallets made from any raw material. 
  • No doubt, this option is pretty new and thus, more expensive as compared to the yesteryear practices that were followed in the warehouses. But the advantages that they have and the benefits that the users can avail from them are really worth this cost. 
  • They are much more efficient and effective in the overall modus operandi of modern day warehouses.
  • They can help them grow quickly and control the competition prevailing in the market and triumph it. 

How are they, a better alternative than pallets?

Till now, major number of warehouses were relying completely upon different types of pallets out of which, the most prominent were those made from wood. But after the emergence of this product, the users of pallets have suddenly started visualizing the following flaws in the wooden version. 

  • The first is that the wooden version is not particularly environment-friendly as they are made from wood. 
  • The second is that you get very rare chances where they are not damaged just after single use.
  • The wooden version is often fumigated to prevent them from the attack of infestation and contaminations.
  • The chances of the stored products getting damaged are particularly high in the wooden version.

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