Planning your kitchen design can be both exciting and stressful. When it comes to storage, the difference between chaos and control often comes down to layout. If you’ve planned shelving before, chances are you’ve run into one or more of these frustrations:
- Wrong measurements
- Wasted sketches
- Inefficient configurations
Cambro wanted to alleviate these common pain points to help chefs build a more accurate layout faster, moving from concept to quote with peace of mind. Camshelving® Design Pro gives chefs the power to create a custom, optimized layout for their walk-in cooler, freezer or dry storage space in just minutes. Here are six reasons to use Camshelving Design Pro for your next shelving project.
Why Camshelving?
Camshelving helps foodservice operations maximize storage space while supporting food safety and long-term durability. Available for coolers, freezers, dry storage and wall-mounted applications, the system offers flexible configurations, easy-to-clean shelf options and smart design features like shared posts and corner connectors. All Camshelving options, including Elevation Series Wall Shelving, are also backed by a lifetime warranty against rust and corrosion.
1. Save Design Time
The best way to go from idea to implementation is to let technology do the heavy lifting. To fast-track your layout, Camshelving Design Pro speeds up the design process by letting you start with either a quick layout or a more customized plan.
- Quick: Start from proven configurations like straight, L-shaped and U-shaped to jumpstart the design process. Straight is best for narrow spaces, L-shaped allows you to maximize corners and U-shaped is best for providing high-capacity storage.
- Custom: We know better than anyone that many kitchen designs are simple up to a point. Pipes, condensers and entry points can all throw a wrench in an otherwise open and shut design. Camshelving Design Pro allows you to plan around those challenges to make the most of your space. Smart layouts are built around real-world constraints, not ideal scenarios.
Once you’ve started the foundation of the design, you can adjust dimensions and components instantly, easily add units, experiment with different numbers of shelves and try different post heights. Once you’re satisfied with your design, you can even use AR to see it in your space!
2. Reduce Mistakes
We put you in the driver’s seat, giving you the confidence of knowing your measurements are precise based on your inputs. If you’ve ever had shelving arrive only to find out that it doesn’t fit your space, you know the utter frustration and immediate sinking feeling that brings. Inaccurate measurements waste money, time and resources. A wise man once said, “measure twice, cut once.” Camshelving Design Pro reduces ordering mistakes to keep your kitchen running without missing a beat.
3. Instantly Maximize Every Inch of Your Space
One of the easiest ways to increase storage capacity is to reduce wasted space. Camshelving is engineered to do exactly that thanks to a shared-post design and corner connectors. Wire shelving has no choice but to sit side by side, but Camshelving units share a post to increase every bit of space you have. While it might seem like a small design tweak, it delivers a big payoff in tight storage areas. Notoriously difficult-to-reach corners are no match for corner connectors, which make it easy to see and access contents. More shelf surface, fewer vertical obstructions and it all is included automatically when you design with Camshelving.
4. Customize Shelves for Different Needs
During the design process, you’re able to choose between solid, vented or solid bottom shelves only. You can even remove shelves to accommodate taller items such as ingredient bins or sheet pan racks or food pan trolleys. Vented shelves are best for airflow in coolers and freezers while solid shelves are great for containing spills and supporting small items in dry storage. Something special to Camshelving that many people don’t realize is that adding a solid bottom shelf is a great way to ensure easy, sanitary cleaning. Choosing the right combination improves both food safety and operational efficiency.
5. Elevate Your Wall Shelving Expectations
Camshelving Elevation Series Wall Shelving has already made a significant impact on kitchens in restaurants, schools and healthcare facilities in just the short time it’s been on the market. A vertical storage system that will never rust, corrode, peel or dent for the lifetime of your business, Camshelving Elevation Series Wall Shelving is a great way to increase storage without adding any square footage.
Cambro even offers a dedicated Camshelving Wall Pro tool, so operators can focus on building the ideal wall storage system for their space. Visualize different shelf widths and upright heights to maximize the storage on your walls before adding durable plastic components like drying racks and pegboards and Type 304 Stainless Steel drying and storage accessories.
6. Get Your Project Off and Running
When your design is finished, you have two options. If you’re certain everything is correct, download a PDF quote with a listing of every part number, dimension and price and place your order when you’re ready. If you’d like an added peace of mind, you can request that a Camshelving expert review and verify your design before requesting a quote or placing an order.
Designing the perfect shelving layout is easier than ever with Camshelving Design Pro. With the smart strategies afforded by Camshelving Design Pro, you can fit more storage into tight footprints, account for real obstacles ahead of installation and move from concept to quote faster than ever. When your shelving design works smarter, everything else does too.
