Six sectors, one storage logic.
An archive is an archive whether it sits in a government office, a courthouse or a hospital basement — what changes is who retrieves, how often, and how strictly access is controlled. This page maps each sector to the system that fits it, and the requirements that decide the choice.
Three parts, whichever sector you run.
Every system we ship — manual, electric or smart — is the same three-part machine. The sector only decides how the third part is operated.
Rails carry the weight
Columns run on rails set into or onto the floor slab. The track carries the full loaded weight, so the slab is checked against the load drawing before anything is manufactured.
Whole rows, not single shelves
Each bay is a carriage that moves as one unit. Electric and smart drives move rows at the press of a button; manual systems use a three-spoke handwheel with a brake per bay.
The aisle opens where the request is
Only the aisle in use is open — every other aisle disappears into the stack. That single change is where the 70% floor-space saving comes from.
Which system each sector actually needs.
The drive type follows the retrieval pattern, not the budget. This is the same matrix our engineers apply when a tender lands on the desk.
| Sector | Typical load | Recommended system | Deciding requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Archives | Permanent & periodic records, heavy box volumes | Smart / Electric | Access logging and classification tiers for audit. |
| Courts & Legal | Case files, evidence, sealed exhibits | Smart | Chain of custody and tamper-evident locking. |
| Public Record Centers | Very high density, infrequent batch retrieval | Electric / Manual | Floor space per linear metre of records. |
| Universities & Schools | Student files, theses, library stacks | Manual / Electric | Term-time peaks and student-operator safety. |
| Hospitals & Healthcare | Patient records with statutory retention | Electric / Smart | Retrieval speed during clinical rounds. |
| Enterprise & Finance | Contracts, invoices, audit trails | Manual / Electric | Cost per stored box and daily office use. |
Four inputs that decide the configuration.
Send these four answers with your enquiry and the technical proposal comes back engineered, not estimated.
Retrieval frequency
How often files are pulled per bay per week. Daily retrieval justifies electric or smart drive; deep-store access can stay manual.
Growth headroom
Bays are specified 20–30% beyond current volume, so the last bay in the run is empty on commissioning day, not the first.
Operators & access
Who may open which aisle decides the authentication tier — open card access, per-operator passwords or dual-control vault bays.
Room constraints
Floor loading, slab thickness, ceiling height and fire zoning set the track layout and the maximum bay height we can propose.
Start from the public-sector branch.
The three public-sector pages carry the detail most tenders ask for — retention schedules, custody chains and density maths. Or jump straight to a technical proposal with your room dimensions.