The application of automatic three-dimensional warehouse can effectively reduce land occupation and labor cost, which is the key factor to improve the efficiency of warehousing and logistics. The development of automated three-dimensional storage can effectively solve the situation of a large number of land and manpower occupation in the warehousing industry, and realize the automation and intelligence of warehousing, reduce warehousing operation, management costs and improve logistics efficiency. Automation is the inevitable trend of the development of warehouse management, the operational efficiency of automated three-dimensional warehouse and the technical level of automation can make the logistics efficiency of enterprises greatly improved, and the development potential of the industry is greater.

DSQC646  In recent years, the state has strengthened the management of land resources, and land resources are increasingly strained, which makes the cost of land use continue to increase, prompting enterprises to make full use of limited space and improve the utilization rate of existing land. The application of automatic three-dimensional warehouse abandons the horizontal expansion mode of traditional warehouse, turns to three-dimensional expansion, has higher land utilization rate and inventory volume ratio, and can reduce the land cost of enterprises.

Development status of automatic stereoscopic library

Automatic storage technology is a part of logistics equipment technology. In a narrow sense, automatic storage technology is automated stereoscopic storage (AS/RS), and in a broad sense, it also includes automatic conveying systems (including various conveyors, shuttles, DSQC646  AGVs, etc.), automatic picking and sorting systems, automatic identification systems, etc. The market application of automatic storage technology in China has experienced a long process, and it has almost covered the main aspects of the national economy such as tobacco, medicine, retail, and machinery manufacturing, and there are also new developments in aviation, finance, and military fields. The demand for automated three-dimensional storage in various industries has promoted the rapid development of automated three-dimensional storage.

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From the perspective of three-dimensional storage scale, in recent years, with the further enhancement of the modern logistics concept of modern enterprises, the integration of automated three-dimensional warehouse and enterprise production system has gradually matured, and China’s automated three-dimensional warehouse technology has made great progress, forming a multi-series, multi-variety, multi-grade, cost-effective product line, which can cover the vast majority of application industries.

According to data from the Department of Circulation Development DSQC646  of the Ministry of Commerce, the national stereoscopic warehouse area grew from 140 million square meters at the end of 2012 to 274 million square meters in 2017, more than 800 new automated stereoscopic warehouses in China in 2017 and 2018, and by the end of 2018, the national stereoscopic warehouse area was about 291 million square meters. The number of units is about 5,000. GGII data show that in 2019, there are about 6,000 automated stereoscopic warehouses in China, and according to the growth of the number of stereoscopic warehouses, the stereoscopic warehouse area is forecast to reach 349 million cubic meters in 2019. Among them, the demand growth rate of service areas such as e-commerce, express delivery, retail, and cold chain industries is significantly stronger than that of industrial manufacturing, and emerging industries such as clothing and new energy have also begun to exert their strength.