Mechanical vs. Powered Mobile Storage

Our mobile storage systems can transform any storage space into an organized and efficient operation hub. But should you invest in a mechanical-assist or powered mobile storage system when push comes to shove? Here are some things to consider:

What will I be storing?

Don’t forget to consider the growth potential behind installing a mobile system in the first place.

Mobile storage can help facilities expand their capabilities, reach new markets, and offer services they couldn’t before. What may today need only a mechanical system might evolve into something that demands the extra industrial lifting power of an electrical one.

How often are people accessing the system?

Again, both our mechanical-assist and powered mobile storage systems are intuitive and safe to use regularly. If, however, you’re looking for ways to maximize productivity, you might enjoy the added functionality of our ePulse remote monitoring software, an optional add-on for our powered systems.

If you’re still on the fence about which mobile storage system is right for your facility, contact us now! They’ll ask detailed questions about your unique goals and provide renderings of your ideal mobile storage system.

MECHANICAL MOBILE STORAGE SYSTEMS

Every organization has unique storage needs that evolve over time. They need storage systems that can grow and adapt as they do. With Mechanical Assist, you can be sure your system can handle whatever you’ve got. Available with both mechanical and electrical mechanisms, Montel’s signature high-density movable storage system gives you the flexibility to customize your shelving while optimizing your capacity.

Mechanical Assist Mobile Shelving Systems give you the flexibility to customize your shelving while optimizing your capacity. Whatever your industry, and whatever you need to find space for, Mechanical Assist Mobile Shelving Systems will maximize ROI on mobile shelving systems.

POWERED MOBILE STORAGE SYSTEMS

With high-density powered mobile storage systems, getting the most out of your space is a key consideration—but guaranteeing safety is also a must. SafeAisle will put your mind at ease on both counts. Its LED Guard Technology and other measures are aimed at providing the utmost in storage security.

While the revolutionary LED Guard Technology raises the bar for high-density powered mobile storage system safety, Powered Mobile Systems also gives you the benefits of Montel’s Mechanical Assist Mobile Systems: i.e., much more intelligent use of your storage area than you can get from regular filing and stationary shelving systems.

Storage Systems – Safety Features

Our mobile storage systems offer your organization the flexibility to customize your high-density storage systems to keep up with your unique needs. Easily access and mobilize your items with its unique mechanism, enabling you to move the system effortlessly. Designed to provide innovative storage and filing solutions for modern workspace environments, our storage systems – safety features add a new dimension to storage solution safety features to not only offer enhanced standards in safety, but also reliability, user-friendliness, and productivity.

The High Density Mobile Storage System concept is to create collapsible aisles with carriages that roll from side to side in your space, minimizing the amount of aisle space required with traditional fixed storage shelving. There are 3 ways to operate mobile shelving systems and create access aisles: manually with a fixed handle, with a mechanical assistance 3-spoke ergonomic handle or electrically with the push of a button. With a turn of a handle (mechanical assistance), a push of a button (electric) or a gentle push (manual), a high density mobile aisle movable storage system will greatly increase your storage density & reduce the footprint of your storage.

We know how safety is a chief concern for your business. Protecting employees from accidents in the workplace is not only the right thing to do morally, but it’s one of the most cost-effective commitments you can make. So, when integrating new technology into your organization, built-in safety mechanisms should be priority No. 1.

Storage Systems – Safety Features

Storage systems designed to cut costs and add value focus on using space with precision instead of simply adding more of it.

Facilities often pay for unused square footage without realizing it, especially when equipment, inventory, or records spread across fixed shelving or poorly planned layouts. High-density solutions like mobile shelving reduce this waste by eliminating empty aisle space and compacting storage into a smaller footprint. This approach frees up valuable floor area that can be turned into productive workspace, revenue-generating operations, or deferred leasing costs, depending on the facility’s priorities.

These systems also extend value by reducing the ongoing expenses tied to storage. Better organization leads to faster retrieval, fewer damaged items, and less labor spent searching for materials. Optional security features preserve high-value assets and help avoid replacement or compliance costs. Scalable add-ons ensure the system can grow as needs change, preventing premature replacement and lowering long-term ownership expenses.

By combining space efficiency with performance, modern storage systems deliver returns that reach beyond simple square-foot savings. They create room for growth without expanding a facility, improve workflow, and protect critical assets. The result is a practical investment that controls costs today and supports operational demands tomorrow.

Contact us now, and our team will show how our storage systems are designed to cut costs and add value, and discover how a Vital Valt System can maximize your space and efficiency.

STORAGE SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO CUT COST AND ADD VALUE

HERE’S HOW…

• Conventional storage systems require space-wasting fixed aisles.

• In most cases a mobile storage systems save up to 50% of your floor space.

• 100% greater storage capacity within the original floor space, eliminating the need for a costly expansion or the construction of a new facility.

• Reclaim space otherwise occupied by aisles that more often than not go unused.

• Mobile Shelving Systems can either shrink the overall storage footprint to allow for greater on-site operational freedom or effectively double a company’s storage capacity without physically expanding.

Archive Shelving Systems stores critical records in both off site and on site storage locations for access to historical records.

Contrary to popular belief, paper is NOT disappearing from today’s businesses – it’s growing. Office workers, copiers & email, are producing over one million paper documents every minute in the United States alone. With information remaining critical, historical records need to be stored in the most effective and space efficient way possible.

ARCHIVE SHELVING SYSTEMS – STORE MORE IN LESS SPACE

Meter-size shelf saves space and storage capacity over competition.

Our archive shelving provide more usable storage space since the box-formed post does not impede the front of the shelves as found on other systems.

Media Shelving provides the ability to store multiple types of media in easily accessible, organized archives. VitalValt has designed several of the largest Movie Studios & Post-Production Vaults in Southern California. We have designed many custom storage solutions and media centers because we understand the special attention your media requires.

Discover precisely what you need to keep your media securely stored and organized. Select from a range of multimedia storage options and styles. From shelves to cabinets and everything in between – our media storage items have something for everyone.

MEDIA SHELVING – KEY BENEFITS

• Optimize space utilization
• Maximize storage capacity
• Reduce costs
• Avoid renting or buying another building
• Accommodate growth
• Improve control, organization, productivity, and workflow
• Control unauthorized access
• Use your existing shelving where possible
• Increase productivity
• Meet seismic requirements

BULK&ROLL  –  FEATURES

• Rails: Made of aluminum bars up to 144” long and secured to the floor with concrete screws. Levelness of floor to be 1/2” maximum variation within 10’.
• Wheels: Made of a proprietary glass-filled nylon that is resistant to water and most chemical solvents. They have good abrasion and compression resistance and they won’t flat spot. They have an operating temperature of -45° to +350° Fahrenheit.
• Bearings: All wheel bearings are stainless steel ball bearings.
• Wheel Shafts: All shafts are made of stainless steel.
• Wheel Channels: Made of steel and are powder coated. Formed to be easy to clean. Capacity of 2,400lbs per section.
• No Side Members: Wheel channels are linked at their center to create a free space for the workers shoes on both sides of the mobile.
• Drive Tube: Tubular drive shafts are made of 1.315” (33.4mm) outside diameter by 1.045” (26.5mm) inside diameter powder coated steel tubing. Each end is sealed.
• Handles: Are made of durable glass-filled nylon and have a push-button aisle locking mechanism.
• Chain Mechanisms: Chains are confined to hide mechanical hazards.
• Hardware: All hardware is made of stainless steel.
• Racking: 4D Bolted Light-duty racking is made of steel and powder coated.

BULK&ROLL  –  BENEFITS

• Designed to enhance efficiency and productivity by optimizing your storage.
• Prevent costs due to the need to buy, build or rent additional space for storage.
• A safe investment that yields high returns.
• An eco-friendly solution, since it contributes to a more sustainable workspace by reducing your warehouse’s energy consumption and environmental impact.
• Designed to perform in a seismic zone – adding safety to the area.

STORAGE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS…

• Golf Bags
• Archives
• Plants, Flowers, Vegetables & Herbs
• Weapon Storage
• Specimens & Artifacts
• Records & Evidence
• Sporting Equipment
• Video Tapes, Film Cans & Media Equipment
• Props

• Luggage
• Medical Documents
• Tools & Parts
• Tires & Heavy Automotive Equipment
• Rugs & Fabrics
• IT Equipment
• Shoes & Clothing
• Bicycles
• and much, much more!

Maximize ROI on Rolling Shelving Systems by utilizing all available space, increasing storage capacity and free up room for production or other uses. These systems save up to 50% of your floor space, in most cases, and accommodate growth for other uses while increasing revenue.

An investment in the right mobile storage is never a sunk cost. The best mobile storage solutions will not only make your money back in a flash. They will also empower your operations, support value-added opportunities, and prevent you from wasting money elsewhere.

High Density Mobile Shelving Systems concept is to create collapsible aisles with carriages that roll from side to side in your space, minimizing the amount of aisle space required with traditional fixed storage shelving. Maximize ROI on Rolling Shelving Systems with 3 different ways to operate mobile shelving systems and create access aisles, manually with a fixed handle, with a mechanical assistance 3 spoke ergonomic handle or electrically with the push of a button. With a turn of a handle (mechanical-assistance), a push of a button (electric) or a gentle push (manual), a high density mobile aisle movable storage system will greatly increase your storage density & reduce the footprint of your storage.

Contact us now and our team can calculate your ROI on Rolling Shelving Systems and discover how a Vital Valt System can maximize your space and space efficiency.

MAXIMIZE ROI ON ROLLING SHELVING SYSTEMS  

HERE’S HOW…

• Conventional storage systems require space-wasting fixed aisles.

• In most cases a mobile storage systems save up to 50% of your floor space.

• 100% greater storage capacity within the original floor space, eliminating the need for a costly expansion or the construction of a new facility.

• Reclaim space otherwise occupied by aisles that more often than not go unused.

• Mobile Shelving Systems can either shrink the overall storage footprint to allow for greater on-site operational freedom or effectively double a company’s storage capacity without physically expanding.

MECHANICAL ROLLING SHELVING SYSTEMS  –  FEATURES

• The smoothest operating system in the industry due to spherically designed double flanged load wheels which reduce friction.

• Large selection safety and security devices and features, such as automatic locking mechanism & controlled acceleration & deceleration, as well as off-site monitoring & infrared sensors.

• Aluminum sub-rail designed for use in a corrosive concrete environment.

• Designed to perform in a seismic zone.

• Electrical systems always operational even during power failures.

STORAGE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS…

• Archives, Files & Office Supplies
• Plants, Flowers, Vegetables & Herbs
• Weapon Storage
• Specimens & Artifacts
• Records & Evidence
• Sporting Equipment
• Video Tapes, Film Cans & Media Equipment
• Props

• Medical Documents
• Tools & Parts
• Tires & Heavy Automotive Equipment
• Rugs & Fabrics
• IT Equipment
• Shoes & Clothing
• Bicycles
• and much, much more!

MANUAL ROLLING SHELVING SYSTEMS – FEATURES & BENEFITS

• A 50% gain in storage capacity

• Prevent costs due to the need to buy, build or rent additional space for storage

• Optimize space utilization and increase storage capacity both vertically and horizontally

• Expandable modular floor units allowing to add units when needed

• Light, handle-free carriage base support

• Easy to move, relocate and reconfigure

• Improved control, organization, productivity and workflow

Mobile Panel Storage Systems

Our Mobile Storage Panels effectively leverage your available storage square footage by using vertical double-sided panels mounted on a rolling carriage. The system is therefore perfectly equipped to handle all art works, any hanging item – or other items for which suspended storage is preferable, such as tools, firearms, plants, etc.

The system is simple to install and move, with no impact or risk to your infrastructure. Moreover, the Mobile Storage Panel sliding racks are mounted on tracks which are engineered to provide a smooth, gentle motion. Combined with their vibration-dampening design, this means you can be confident your valuable objects will not be bumped and shaken whenever you want to access them.

Lateral Manual Rolling Storage Systems

A key advantage of Lateral Modular Storage Systems is the modular carpeted flooring that supports it. This means there is no need to install intrusive rails on your floor. The pre-assembled flooring both simplifies use of the mobile system and protects your existing office flooring. The system is geared for offices with large volumes of files, documents and supplies to store. As Lateral Manual Storage Systems are relatively light, it is a suitable choice for environments with moderate load-bearing floors. At the same time, it still gives you plenty of capacity; compared to a typical filing system, you’ll recover 50% or more of your storage area.

The Manual Rolling Shelving System is expandable in four different directions. Plus, you can reconfigure it to suit a multitude of purposes and it can be upgraded and expanded – add a second mobile row in front or modular sections on each side as your filing and storage needs grow.

Evolving Modular Casework 

Agile Pantry

The Agile Pantry is an extension of your office. A place that fosters collaboration and community. By creating a space that is dedicated to inviting conversation, the panty can be the social hub of the office. By having a dedicated pantry space designed with modular casework, modular walls, recycle points, and work islands disruption to the surrounding workplace will be minimal.

Hygiene Lockers

Hygiene Lockers are composed of touchless lockers with a central sink or sanitation station for hand-washing and disinfecting. We have to reconsider the amount of touches, the clean-ability, the technology and the ability to integrate smart lockers into the overall experience and systems that are needed to create, safe, clean and secure environments in this coming “new normal.”

Modular Walls

Modular Walls are non-permanent walls that can not only divide the open office space, but also be designed to be multifunctional. Walls can be strategically placed to help the flow of traffic or create neighborhoods within the space. Modular Walls can be personalized to your unique functional and space needs.

Modern Mudroom

The Modern Mudroom is a place where employees enter their workplace and they have a place to safely and securely store their belongings. In modern workspaces, locker storage needs to play a variety of roles. Creating a safe place for employee belongings is a high priority, followed closely by the need to contribute to smart office design.