The textile industry turns over fabric rolls, cut pieces and finished garments: light in weight but bulky, its biggest fears are rust contamination, lint tangling, and damp, dust-catching fabric. If a metal cage chips paint and rusts, fabric leaning against it gets a whole patch of yellow spots, and a whole roll of fabric can only be downgraded.
Choose hot-dip galvanizing or fully powder-coated surface treatment, with all welds ground smooth—no weld slag or burrs left exposed to snag yarn. Round off the four corners of the cage, and choose large mesh openings of 50 mm or above: good ventilation, light weight, so fabric rolls sit inside without being steamed or stuffy.
Fabric rolls are best laid horizontally in cages with U-shaped support slots, not leaning vertically against mesh; cut pieces and garments should go into cartons or woven bags before entering the cage, avoiding direct metal contact. Line the cage with a layer of cardboard or non-woven fabric: it blocks damp and dust, and is simply replaced when batches change. Load light- and dark-colored fabrics in separate cages to prevent color transfer; keep light-colored fabrics in a dedicated clean cage.
Textile shops have abundant fly lint; sweep cages regularly and do not make mesh openings too dense, otherwise lint catches on wires and clumps. Cages with casters push easily between cutting, sewing and pressing processes; aisles are designed as cage width plus one person, with sufficient radius at corners.
Nanjing Tongnuo Warehouse Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. can build U-slot cages customized to fabric roll length, mid-size cages with bottom plates for cut-piece turnover, with smooth surfaces free of rust spots, and supports small-batch sampling for in-shop trial use before mass production.