Media & Entertainment Storage

Videotape - Film - Equipment - Scripts- Production & Accounting Records

Compact Storage Systems has an edge in tight spaces because, unlike single-manufacturer sources, we represent several equipment lines and bring enormous flexibility to creating your storage solution. Our systems will...

Small & Medium High-Density Shelving Systems

Not all facilities can devote an entire room, no matter how small, to a vaulting operation. But instead of the fixed overhead of off-site storage & retrieval, Compact Storage Systems puts your media at your fingertips — and the high-density solution pays itself off in about two years! After that, the savings are yours year after year...

• Install in small or partial offices, suite corners, small "odd & end" rooms
• Keep media in house and eliminate off-site storage/retrieval costs
• Store 1,000 elements in as little as 7 feet X 2 feet
• Complete spine/indexing visibility
• Choose from 23 designer colors

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Lateral Rolling Systems

Lateral rolling systems also eliminate wasteful aisles but keep lots of material in plain sight. Start with a fixed, wall-anchored row, and add up to 2 depths of individual sections which roll side-to-side in front of it.

• Ideal for narrow areas and higher access operations
• Nearly half of the media is visible at all time
• Systems from 5 ft.wide to the longest corridors
• Safety? All front rolling units are secured with an overhead anti-tip system

Gemtrac Mobile Systems

Perfect for the new, smaller digital video and data media

Gemtrac Mobile Systems' slide-out vertical drawers put thousands of elements within arm's reach. Pre-configured systems use same-depth pull-out sections, or custom design your own system with muliple shelf depths.

• Patented overhead track system; no floor-mounted tracks to trip over
• 4 - 5", 6", 7" & 8" - for any popular media format
• Shelves are adjustable on 1/2" increments for any media height
• Adjustable back-stops change shelf depth for smaller media
• Install one-sided system to pack tight, narrow areas
• All-welded cabinet frames
• Choose from 9 baked powdercoat finishes

Large Vaults, Archives

Large High-Density Shelving Systems

Whether large-scale vaulting is a direct source of revenue or a necessity to keep your clients coming back, minimizing costs is even more imperative in big spaces...but there is good news.

• Eliminate even more dead aisles in larger areas; often triple the capacity of fixed racks!
• Carriage lengths to over 50 feet, heights to 18 feet
• Assist-cranks move up to 5,000 pounds of load for each pound of handle pressure (it takes 14 pounds to push a revolving door)
• All wheels are Direct-Drive - no floor chains and no racking
• Even the largest systems pay themselves off in 2 to 4 years, then continue to pay you in lease, personnel and environmental savings.
• Choose from 23 designer colors

SAFETY:

• Seismic carriage/track anti-tip interlock
• Overhead stabilizer rails
• Assist-cranks are lockable to secure open aisles

Aurora Steel Fixed Shelving

This is the same indestructable, super-strong steel shelving we use on many of our mobile, high-density systems. It's easily configurable for endless uses and has simple, uncluttered lines that look great anywhere...

• Front-office area
• Small edit/production suites
• Small & mid-size offices
• Vault storage
• Large archives
• Mezzanine systems

...and you cannot find shelving with more versatility:

• Can be fit with CD/DVD shelves or bins for smaller media
• Very clean appearance; no sway braces or exposed corner angle irons
• Accessorize with hinged doors, pull-out reference shelves, dividers, book-stops, bins, dress end-panels and more
• Stonger and more economical than bead-upright or traditional 4-post shelving
• Install catwalk/mezzanine systems for heights up to 20'
• Holds up to 500 lbs. per shelf
• Seismically compliant in all heights and configurations
• Standards widths: 30", 36", 42" & 48"
• Depths from 9" to 36"
• Choose from 23 designer colors

Security Media Cabinets

Promedia Cabinets

Perfect for the new, smaller digital video and data media

ProMedia Cabinets offer even more variations on at-your-fingertips, space-saving solutions, but with an accent on security and incredible economy of floorspace.

• Mix & Match drawer heights within a cabinet
• Easily re-configure drawers with adjustable width dividers as media formats change
• Heavy-Duty, full-suspension Accuride Slides
• Lockable
• Choose from 9 baked powdercoat finishes

Accessories

Tambour Door Add-On Kits

If your existing shelving needs an added layer of security, we have the perfect fix. These rigid, double-wall doors roll up into an add-on roll box, mounted on top of your existing shelving.

• No hinged doors protruding into aisles
• Doors roll up effortlessly with torsion spring assist
• Optional waist-high lock
• Easy installation; adds on to most brands of shelving
• Finished appearance, even for front-room applications

Production/Administration/Executive Areas

Rotary Files

Imagine two lateral file cabinets back-to-back. Now rotate the files so the one in back appears before you in an instant! Our "Times 2" Rotary Files are double-sided shelving units that rotate inside an outer shell. For a given amont of material, they...

• use less than half the space of standard lateral file cabinets
• are far more versatile; they can be customized with an array of drawer sizes and accessories to hold different media within one cabinet.
• Choose from 23 designer colors

For office landscaping, "Times 2" Rotary Files...

• can be placed as office dividers with all materials available to people on each side.
• can be built into walls in new construction.

 

High-Density & Lateral Rolling Systems

If your front-office records or back-room archival needs are more extensive, our space-saving systems work with paper and supplies too, from dressed up executive suites to stripped down box storage and everything in between.

• Incorporate existing file cabinets into a high-density layout
• Accessorize with pull-out reference shelves, adjustable dividers and more
• Dress up your front-office systems with wood or laminate end panels
• Choose from 23 designer colors

X-Files

Lateral drawers and lockable shelving...for less! The principle is simple; typical cabinets are placed along a wall, back-to-back and/or side-to-side so sides and backs aren't visible. "X-Files" allow you to save cash by adding backs and sides only where you can see them!

• Buy just the finished side or back panels you need. No wasted steel, no wasted money!
• Cost 20% less than traditional lateral cabinets; it's like getting every fifth unit free!
• Strong, one-piece, fully welded cabinets arrive ready to install
• Configure with pull-out lateral drawers or recessed-door fixed shelves
• Optional tambour doors & locks available
• Use in high-density configurations
• Choose from 9 baked powdercoat finishes

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Woodtek Executive Shelving

WOODTEK'S warmth and elegance only hint at its tremendous strength and versatility. What it beautifully conceals under its true wood finishes are our indestructable steel frames.

• Steel frames support up to 700 pounds per shelf.
• Unlike standard millwork, WOODTEK will never warp under weight
• Ten true wood finishes, assorted crowns, end panels and architectural details
• Can be used in high-density shelving systems
• Matching cabinets and work stations are available