The Counterpoint
Two-tone /
smart shelving.
A steel mobile shelving bay finished in two masked powder-coat tones — navy body against ivory fronts — moved by a touch terminal that opens one aisle at a time.
Two colours
01 The principle
Two colours,
one line.
Body and end panels in colour A; front panels and end caps in colour B. The bay runs the powder line twice with a masked spray sequence between passes — a sharp dividing edge, no vinyl, no stickers that can peel.
- Masked spray — the seam is painted, not applied.
- No vinyl — identical 60–80 µm cure on both tones.
- One bake — both colours at 180 °C, same wear.
What can be filed
02 What it holds
One row,
five collections.
Shelves re-seat on a 30 mm pitch, so the bay that files paperwork this year can hold boxes, books or instruments the next. Nothing is glued to a layout — the row adapts to whatever the room is asked to keep.
Files & folders
Hanging frames keep A4 and foolscap folders upright; label strips face the open aisle, so a document is found without lifting anything out.
≈ 40 m of filing per bayArchive boxes
Standard 310 × 220 × 150 mm boxes, spines out, two deep on a 900 mm shelf — barcodes readable from the aisle.
≈ 60 boxes per bayVouchers & ledgers
Bound volumes lie flat or stand on book supports; steel dividers keep fiscal years apart and upright.
80 kg per layer, testedBooks & periodicals
Double-sided shelves take reading-room stock; bookends and front stops stop the lean that ruins spines.
6–8 layers, re-seatableSamples & instruments
Magnetic gaskets and top dust panels seal the run; optional glass doors put stock on display without opening it.
Dust-proof optionThe efficiency 03
One aisle open.
Every other metre still storing.
Static cabinets spend most of their footprint on walking space. A smart run spends almost none: racks park tight against each other, and the motor opens exactly one aisle — where the operator is standing.
- Touch, not crank — the 7-inch terminal opens the bay you stand at. No force, no wandering.
- LED guidance — the target bay lights up, so retrieval never depends on memory.
- Safe by default — infrared aisle scan and soft start/stop keep people and paper clear.
04 Built to grow
Bolts,
not welds.
Nothing in a two-tone run is thrown away when the room changes. Bays bolt on, rail extends in sections, and the whole run can change address — the steel is an asset, not a fitting.
Plan a run that grows →Add bays, same tones
Order two more bays next year and they arrive matching: your two powder batches are kept on file, so new fronts sit beside old ones without a visible seam.
The rail takes it
Guide rail is bolted down in surface-mounted sections — no trenches, no screed repairs. The run ends where the room ends and picks up where the archive grows.
Move the address
Unbolted, crated and re-laid, a run survives the building move. Numbered panels and the original drawings travel with it, so the second install is as quiet as the first.
Recoat, not replace
Steel bodies take a second powder life; welded frames carry a 10-year warranty, and drive parts stay on our shelf for the life of the controller.
No. 62 Yong’an Street, Rongcheng Town, Rongcheng County, Xiong’an New District, Hebei, China
+86 181 0338 0550 · sale@compactorshelving.com
MOQ 1 × 20 GP ≈ 20 bays · T/T 30% deposit, balance against B/L copy · FOB Qingdao / Tianjin