One platform. Three operating modes.
Every Shengmei system shares the same rail, carriage and shelving engineering — so the choice between manual, electric and smart is a choice about workflow, not about quality.
Mode · Hand wheelManual Shelving Projects
Hand-wheel drive with zero power dependency. The workhorse for cost-led archives where reliability means “nothing to break”.
- DriveHand wheel
- Bay loadUp to 480 kg
- Power needNone
Mode · 24 V motorElectric Shelving Projects
Button-operated aisle movement with single, group or all-open modes — built for archives where staff move files all day.
- Drive24 V motor
- Open modeSingle / group / all
- SafetyInfrared anti-crush
Mode · TouchscreenRFID Smart Archive Projects
15.6″ / 21.5″ touchscreen control, RFID location tracking and environment monitoring — the archive manages itself.
- Screen15.6″ / 21.5″
- TrackingRFID file-level
- MonitoringTemp + humidity
Four components every mode is built from.
Whatever drive you choose, the parts underneath are the same engineering — same steel, same tolerances, same spare parts ten years from now.
The full comparison matrix.
Everything an evaluation committee needs to score the three modes against each other — on one screen, with no marketing adjectives.
| Item | Manual | Electric | RFID Smart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drive | Hand wheel | 24 V motor | Motor + touchscreen |
| Aisle opening | One aisle at a time | Single / group / all | Single / group / all + guidance |
| Power required | None | 220 V, low draw | 220 V + network |
| File tracking | Labels | Labels | RFID file-level |
| Environment data | — | — | Temp + humidity logged |
| Security | Lock per carriage | Lock + access pad | Role-based access log |
| Best for | Cost-led archives | High-traffic archives | Audit-grade smart archives |
Start manual today. Motorize tomorrow.
The shared platform means your first order never locks you out of a smarter archive — each stage bolts onto the last without replacing the steel.
Rails, carriages and shelving installed and commissioned.
24 V motor and control pad mount on your existing carriages.
Touchscreen heads, RFID antennas and monitoring software.
Not sure which mode fits?
Most projects answer these three questions in under a minute. For the full side-by-side breakdown, open the comparison page.
Full comparison →| Daily retrieval | Low → Manual · High → Electric or Smart |
| Budget driver | CAPEX-led → Manual · Lifecycle-led → Electric |
| Security level | File-level audit trail required → RFID Smart |
Tell us the workflow — we’ll match the mode.
Send your archive dimensions, daily retrieval volume and budget frame. Our engineers recommend the operating mode and return a bay-by-bay layout within two working days.