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Harnessing Gravity One Pallet at a Time – Pallet Flow Speed Controllers

By Mallard Mfg / August 1, 2023

New Resource Helps You Choose the Right Pallet Flow Speed Controller Your pallet flow rack is intended to flow pallets efficiently… but it’s not always as simple as it sounds. Gravity is a powerful source and sometimes requires a little something to harness it. That little something is a pallet flow speed controller. These flow…

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Wait, Don’t Hang Up! Solutions for Plastic Pallets on Pallet Flow Rack

By Mallard Mfg / June 20, 2023

Mallard Puts Roller Pallet Flow & Ergo Cell to the Test with Flimsy Plastic Pallets Plastic pallets have a lot of upside vs. wood options for manufacturing and distribution centers. However, those upsides can be outweighed by pallets too flimsy to perform as required.  Recently, our team tested wooden and plastic pallets for a large…

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Stop! In the Name of Safety — Pallet Flow Speed Controllers to the Rescue

By Mallard Mfg / July 19, 2022

ABMA Speed Controllers Retrofit Pallet Flow Rack & Slow the Flow When things get a little out of control – and sometimes they do –  you need a solution to get things back on track. Mallard can help because we understand the “science” of pallet flow rack. Heavy pallets loaded onto pitched, wheeled rails flowing…

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Put a Lid on Runaway Pallets – Drop-In Speed Controllers for Pallet Flow Rack

By Mallard Mfg / September 9, 2021

Drop-In Speed Controllers Cap Off this Pallet Flow Design Manufacturing bottle caps and lids has challenges, but one of them shouldn’t involve safe, efficient pallet flow. Flow speed and pallet tracking are critical elements to control, and we’ve got the drop-in speed controllers to handle it. Take a look at this test case – even…

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Building a Safer, More Effective Deep-Lane Pallet Flow Rack

By Mallard Mfg / July 9, 2021

Watch Magnum Wheel Roll Out Deep Lane Productivity Designing pallet flow rack to store a large number of pallets in a condensed footprint is what we’re all about. Still, it’s important to include certain safety features designed to improve your flow lane function and ensure safety for your team. A recent customer test demonstrates how…

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It Takes Ultra-Grip to Halt the Skid & Control the Flow | Pallet Flow Design Tips

By Mallard Mfg / January 19, 2021

Over the years we have seen our share of differently styled storage crates. One look at this interesting metal “hotel rack” crate and we knew that it was nothing that a well-designed pallet flow rack system couldn’t handle. Here are the steps we took to design the most efficient gravity flow solution for these unique…

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Buyer Beware – Comparing Mechanical vs Magnetic Pallet Flow Speed Controllers

By Mallard Mfg / August 25, 2020

Pallet flow speed controllers ensure that pallets flow in a controlled manner and at a safe speed down a pallet flow lane. Mallard offers four types of pallet flow speed controllers to ensure that no matter what kind of gravity flow lane you’ve designed, your inventory and team can rely on safe, effective, controlled flow.…

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Preventing Pallet Flow Speed Controller Failure | Mallard Best Practices

By Mallard Mfg / August 18, 2020

No one wants to hear the words, “We have a system failure.” When you’re talking pallet flow racking, one component in particular that can cause the system to break down if it is not properly configured into the lane is the speed controller. Speed controllers are vital to the safe operation of the pallet flow…

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New Field Installed Brake Assembly (FIBA) Ensures Faster, Easier Installation

By Mallard Mfg / November 5, 2019

Full roller pallet flow is a highly-efficient, multi-purpose material handling solution offering deep-reserve pallet storage and an easy to access, automatically replenished pick face. Full roller is often the chosen pallet flow configuration for warehouse operations that need to accommodate pallets of varying sizes and weights while relying on a single flow configuration. Where there…

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Choosing Drop-In or Indirect-Mount Speed Controllers for Pallet Flow

By Mallard Mfg / October 15, 2019

Speed controllers are used in pallet flow rack to control both the speed and tracking of the pallet as it flows down the lane. Because pallet flow rack is a gravity flow solution where pallets are loaded from a charge aisle and flow on a slightly pitched wheeled or roller lane to a discharge (pick)…

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