1. Strong adaptability. The working performance of warehouse machinery and equipment should be adapted to the warehouse storage items, the amount of work, and the frequency of entry and exit. Different warehouse machinery and equipment are suitable for different storage items. Such as pallet shelves suitable for palletized items, and with forklift access. The overall working performance of warehouse machinery and equipment should correspond to the daily throughput of the warehouse, which is closely related to the rated starting weight, horizontal operating speed, lifting speed and the number of equipment of the warehouse machinery. For specialized warehouses, where throughput is large, sending and receiving operations are not frequent, and the volume of operations and operating time are balanced, mechanical equipment with relatively large lifting loads and less busy work should be considered. For comprehensive warehouse, the throughput is not large, but the sending and receiving operations are frequent, and the operation volume and operation time are not balanced. The mechanical equipment with relatively small lifting load and high working load should be considered. The performance of warehouse machinery should be adapted to the frequency of warehouse leaving.

2. High degree of automation. The use of access devices with a high degree of automation can improve the efficiency of warehouse operations. From the perspective of integration, choosing the right shelves and pallets can greatly improve the efficiency of warehousing; from the perspective of automation, under the condition of not exceeding the investment limit and considering the investment recovery, try to apply the equipment with high degree of automation to improve the efficiency of warehousing operations. Therefore, as far as possible the use of storage overhead forklift, roadway stacker, automatic conveyor in and out of the warehouse.

3. Strong coordination. The measurement and handling operations in warehousing operations are often carried out at the same time, and if the coordination between the measurement and handling operations is not good, it will increase the number of loading and unloading operations and reduce production efficiency. Therefore, when selecting equipment, it should be considered that the handling operation and metering operation are completed at the same time. For example, the measuring induction device can be installed on the belt conveyor to complete the metering operation at the same time during the conveying process.

4, economic and technical good. When selecting warehouse machinery and equipment, we should select suitable machinery and equipment according to the conditions and operating characteristics of the enterprise itself, under the principle of adhering to advanced technology, reasonable economy and convenient operation, and using the idea of system to evaluate the equipment comprehensively in terms of technology and economy. When introducing new equipment, although the investment in equipment is relatively large, the benefits of productivity improvement, labor savings and energy savings should be seen.