Automatic parking systems provide an entirely new dimension to urban parking. They allow architects and planners more options and more ways to use existing space efficiently. What´s more, automatic parking has numberous economic, architectural, and safety benefits.
How automatic parking works
All automatic parking systems follow the basic principle - use prefabricated modules to save space, and meet the demands of the surrounding environment by automating the in and outbound movements. The basic design of automatic parking uses four main components:
Automatic parking: Transfer room
Vehicles are parked in the transfer room in the driving direction. They will be monitored for proper positioning and, via turntable or directly via the storage and retrieval unit, they will be transported onto an empty shelf of a rack structure. For retrieval, the vehicles are delivered to the transfer room in the driving direction. The driver does not enter the parking system.
Automatic parking: Turntable
For parking, the vehicle will be turned to the exit direction once the parking position on the platform was validated and it is confirmed that passengers have exited the vehicle. Then the vehicle will be parked by the conveying system. By using a turntable, the driving direction may be angled in the transfer room.
Automatic parking: Storage and retrieval unit
The automated parking system allows for twice as many spaces as a conventional garage. This is because the storage and retrieval unit moves based on a horizontal X and a vertical Z axis. A horizontal Y axis services the shelves within the rack structure.
Automatic parking: Rack structure
The free standing rack structure with attached facade, or a free standing solution in a building space, is designed as a solid steel structure. The vehicles are parked on pallets. A concrete structure can be used in place of steel. In a concrete structure, the pallet rails will be doweled to the concrete slabs in the parking levels.