Home-appliance workshops turn over sheet-metal parts, plastic parts and packaging: parts are large but individually light, yet the final assembly line demands high tidiness and scratch protection. One scratch on a refrigerator door or housing means an appearance part goes straight to rework, so cage selection must center on protecting appearance parts.
Choose the medium size class, with a 300–500 kg load per cage being plenty. Plastic parts are crush-sensitive, so add a layer of corrugated paper or dividers inside, one part per layer, stacking no more than five layers. For sheet-metal appearance parts, line the cage walls with EVA strips or rubber pads so parts do not rub directly against each other.
Assembly workshops demand visual management: choose light-colored powder coating so dirt shows at a glance, and hang material cards and kanban boards on the cage to feed the line-side to the takt time. Cleanliness is high in the workshop; if cages have no casters, push them on a flat cart to keep wheels from tracking in dust.
Manage packaging and finished products in separate cages: cartons and foam go in foldable cages, and empty cages stack to save space on return; finished machines go in dedicated large material boxes lined with pearl cotton. Place cages at line-side stock positions in the workshop, no more than two days' usage, to prevent buildup at the line.
Nanjing Tongnuo Warehouse Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., founded in 2013, can build divider-slot cages and foldable packaging cages to home-appliance part dimensions, with powder-coat colors matched to the workshop's 5S palette, and supports line-side sampling so takt-time validation runs before mass delivery.